Translated by Claude, edited by Sinocism.com

Source: Xinhua | Byline: Xi Jinping 习近平 | August 17, 2026

Xinhua, Beijing, August 17

新华社北京8月17日电

Speech at the Meeting Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Comrade Jiang Zemin's Birth

在纪念江泽民同志诞辰100周年大会上的讲话

(August 17, 2026)

（2026年8月17日）

Xi Jinping

习近平

Comrades and friends,

同志们，朋友们：

Today, we gather solemnly to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Jiang Zemin, to deeply cherish the memory of his great achievements, to earnestly study his lofty character, and to inspire the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to continually advance the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

今天，我们隆重集会，纪念江泽民同志诞辰一百周年，深切缅怀他的丰功伟绩，深入学习他的崇高风范，激励全党全国各族人民把中国特色社会主义事业不断推向前进。

Comrade Jiang Zemin was an outstanding leader who enjoyed high prestige and was acknowledged by the whole Party, the whole military, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country; a great Marxist; a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist, and diplomat; a long-tested communist fighter; an outstanding leader of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics; the core of the Party's third-generation central collective leadership; and the principal founder of the important thought of the "Three Represents."

江泽民同志是全党全军全国各族人民公认的享有崇高威望的卓越领导人，伟大的马克思主义者，伟大的无产阶级革命家、政治家、军事家、外交家，久经考验的共产主义战士，中国特色社会主义伟大事业的杰出领导者，党的第三代中央领导集体的核心，"三个代表"重要思想的主要创立者。

One hundred years ago today, Comrade Jiang Zemin was born into a patriotic intellectual family in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. In his youth he resolved to pursue truth and actively took part in the patriotic and progressive student movement. In April 1946 he joined the Communist Party of China, and from then on devoted his life to the cause of the Party and the people.

一百年前的今天，江泽民同志出生在江苏省扬州市一个爱国知识分子家庭。他青少年时代就立志追求真理，积极参加爱国进步学生运动，1946年4月加入中国共产党，从此为党和人民事业奉献一生。

After the founding of New China, Comrade Jiang Zemin worked successively in enterprises, scientific research units, and state ministries and commissions. In every post he was dutiful and diligent, devoting the fervent years of his youth to the cause of socialist revolution and construction. In the early period of reform and opening up, Comrade Jiang Zemin served as deputy director and secretary-general of the State Import and Export Administration Commission and the State Administration Commission on Foreign Investment, and later as first deputy minister and then minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry, doing a great deal of pioneering work in reform and opening up. At the 12th Party Congress, he was elected a member of the Central Committee.