Marking the 100th anniversary of late leader #JiangZemin#'s birth on Monday, President Xi Jinping paid tribute to his legacy, urging the country to honor his memory by continuing to advance #China#'s development.

Xi Jinping talks about AI like Jiang Zemin talked about the IT revolution—as an opportunity for “leapfrog development” 跨越式发展. Jiang Zemin in 2000: “Use informatization to drive industrialization, leverage latecomer advantages, and strive to achieve leapfrog technological development." 以信息化带动工业化，发挥后发优势，努力实现技术的跨越式发展 Xi Jinping in 2018: “Accelerating the development of next-generation AI is an important strategic lever for gaining the initiative in global technological competition, and a key strategic resource for achieving leapfrog technological development, industrial upgrading, and an overall leap in productivity." 加快发展新一代人工智能是我们赢得全球科技竞争主动权的重要战略抓手，是推动我国科技跨越发展、产业优化升级、生产力整体跃升的重要战略资源

President Xi Jinping will speak today at Beijing's Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin. Xi and other members of the cabinet will be accompanied onstage by a peculiar guest, Xiao Liu Ya! A duck symbolising optimism and hope, to honor those affected by the ongoing Jiangsu and Yixing flooding. Designer Liu Wenjia is one of the key members helping those affected.

"You are trying to apply the American values and the American political system to the whole world. But that is not very wise." Jiang Zemin to Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes, 2000. Wallace asks why China needs a one-party state : > "why must we have opposition parties" > "each country should have its own system because our countries have different cultures and historic traditions" And the line that still sums up 25 years of US policy : > "you Americans always use your values in making judgments about the political situation in other countries" Since then : Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan. How did exporting the model go ?

Top Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping gathered in the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of late leader Jiang Zemin, who led China in a pivotal phase in its rise from a marginal economy to a global growth engine