The remains of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin will be cremated today (5th). Traffic control will be carried out along the way from the 301 Hospital to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. Thousands of CCP members will go to the crematorium to see him off.

(The picture is taken from Weibo)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died of leukemia and multiple organ failure on November 30, at the age of 96. After arriving in Beijing on the 1st, the body will be sent to the Babaoshan Revolution today (5th) The cemetery is cremated.

According to Hong Kong media "Sing Tao Net", the body of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on the 5th.

In the early morning of the 5th, traffic control was carried out along the way from the 301 Hospital to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.

A large number of police forces were stationed at the scene, and the security was quite tight.

At 9 o'clock this morning, Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang and some retired veterans paid their respects in the small auditorium of the 301 Hospital and escorted Jiang Zemin's body to Babaoshan for cremation.

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The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau issued an announcement on the 3rd, stating that in order to ensure the progress of "special activities", traffic control will be implemented on the section from the 301 Hospital to Babaoshan on the 5th.

According to photos posted by Chinese netizens on Weibo, the roads near Babaoshan were all closed, and hundreds of large buses were heading to the funeral home in Babaoshan. There were also thousands of CCP members dressed in black walking to the cremation site.

Jiang Zemin's memorial meeting will be held in the Great Hall of the People on the morning of the 6th. During the memorial meeting, the bond market, currency market, foreign exchange market, bill market, and gold market of the Bank of China will stop trading for 3 minutes.