Remains of former Chinese Vice Premier Zou Jiahua cremated

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The remains of Comrade Zou Jiahua, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), a time-tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian revolutionist, an outstanding leader in China's economic construction front, national defense industry front and socialist legal system construction, a member of the Political Bureau of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), a former Vice Premier of the State Council, and a vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC). On the 20th in Beijing Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery cremated.
Comrade Zou Jiahua due to illness at 23:42 on February 16, 2025 in Beijing, died at the age of 99 years.
Comrade Zou Jiahua seriously ill during and after his death, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng, Hu Jintao and other comrades, to visit the hospital or through a variety of forms of comrade Zou Jiahua passed away to express their grief and expressed deep condolences to his relatives.
On the morning of the 20th, Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery auditorium solemn, mourning music low back. Hall hanging above the banner in white letters on a black background “mourn comrade Zou Jiahua”, below the banner is comrade Zou Jiahua's portrait. Comrade Zou Jiahua's body lying in flowers and cypresses, covered with a bright red CPC flag.
At 9:30 am, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng, etc., in the sound of mourning music slowly came to comrade Zou Jiahua's remains in front of the standing silence, to the comrade's remains of Zou Jiahua three bows, and with the comrade's relatives one by one shook hands, expressed condolences.
The party and the state relevant leading comrades to send off or in various ways to express condolences. The relevant departments of the central and state organs responsible comrades, comrade Zou Jiahua life friends and hometown representatives also went to say goodbye.