Beijing bid a solemn farewell to former Chinese Vice Premier Zou Jiahua on Thursday at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. 🏛️ Top leaders, including General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, attended the ceremony to pay their respects to the late statesman, who passed away last month at age 99.
Under gray skies, leaders stood in silent tribute as somber music played, then bowed three times in unison—a traditional gesture of deep reverence. 🤝 Zou, a key figure in China’s economic and legal reforms during the 1990s, was celebrated as a \"time-tested communist soldier\" and visionary leader who shaped national policies.
📜 His career spanned pivotal roles: from the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to vice chairman of the National People’s Congress. Colleagues and successors, including former leader Hu Jintao, had previously visited him in the hospital or sent condolences.
Zou’s legacy? A blueprint for modernizing China’s economy and legal frameworks—work that continues to influence today’s policies. 🌟 As the ceremony concluded, leaders comforted his family, marking the end of an era for a leader who bridged decades of transformative change.
