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Jiang: Hu's takeover "natural and convincing"
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-09-21 09:12 Jiang Zemin, who just handed over his post as
military chief of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to Hu Jintao Sunday,
expressed his strong support to Hu 's succession here Monday, urging all to
"resolutely support" Hu's work.
Jiang Zemin, former
chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of
China, delivers an important speech at an enlarged meeting of the CPC
Central Military Commission (CMC) held in Beijing Sept. 20, 2004.
[Xinhua] | "Comrade Jintao is the general
secretary of the Party and president of the state, so it's natural and
convincing for him to take over as the chairman of the Central Military
Commission (CMC)," said Jiang, 78, while he and Hu attended an enlarged meeting
of the CMC held in Beijing Monday morning.
"I'm convinced that the Party Central Committee had made a correct decision
in choosing Comrade Jintao to take over as the CMC chairman," said Jiang. "All
of you must advocate the Party Central Committee's decision and resolutely
support his (Hu's) work."
Jiang praised the 61-year-old Hu as a "young and energetic" leader with "rich
leading experience" and "excellent qualifications".
"Since he started to serve as CMC vice-chairman in 1999, he was directly
involved in the making of a series of major decisions regarding army building,"
said Jiang.
"Comrade Jintao is absolutely qualified to be the CMC chairman," he stressed.
Hu Jintao, chairman
of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China,
delivers an important speech at an enlarged meeting of the CPC Central
Military Commission (CMC) held in Beijing Sept. 20, 2004. [Xinhua]
| He explained that for a large party like the CPC and a
large country like China, "it is not only necessary, but also the most
appropriate option to adopt a three-in-one leadership system under which Party
general secretary, state president and CMC chairman is the same person".
"To hand over this three-in-one duty to Comrade Jintao is conducive to the
long-term development of the cause of the Party and the military, to the
stability and prosperity of the country in the long run, as well as to the
upholding of the fundamental principle and system of the Party's absolute
leadership over the military," Jiang noted.
Stating that "the top leadership of our Party, state and military has
completely and smoothly realized an old-to-new transfer and transition", Jiang
said: "Now I have accomplished my historical mission and fulfilled my historical
duty."
"I'm very pleased to see that the cause of the Party, state and military has
had a good successor," he added.
Jiang also reviewed his work as the Party military chief in the past 15 years
since 1989. "When Comrade (Deng) Xiaoping handed over the post of CMC chairman
to me, I really felt that an extremely heavy burden had been put on my
shoulders," he recalled.
"Over the past 15 years, I had tried my best to live up to the trust of
Comrade Xiaoping," said Jiang. "Day and night, I was always concerned about our
country's sovereignty and security and our army's building and development."
"Though I'm retired now, my heart will always be linked with the military,
with all officers and soldiers of the army, and with the comrades in the CMC,"
he said.
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