Editing Hu Jintao (section)

==After retirement==
Since his retirement, Hu has kept a low-profile, rarely making public appearances. In September 2013, Hu visited an ancestral family home in [[Huangshan]], Anhui, though the trip was not covered by state media.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boehler |first=Patrick |date=13 September 2013 |title=Social media records rare public appearance of former president Hu Jintao |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1309019/social-media-records-rare-public-appearance-former-president-hu |access-date=30 September 2023 |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012181608/https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1309019/social-media-records-rare-public-appearance-former-president-hu |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2014, he made an appearance in Hunan, visiting [[Hunan University]] and other historical sites.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chen |first=Andrea |date=10 April 2014 |title=Retired president Hu Jintao makes rare public appearance in Hunan |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1472268/retired-president-hu-jintao-makes-rare-public-appearance-hunan |access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> He attended the [[19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|19th CCP National Congress]] in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Choi |first=Chi-yuk |date=18 October 2017 |title=Long time no see: elder statesmen make rare public appearance at China's top table |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2115948/elder-statesmen-make-rare-public-appearance-chinas-top |access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> He also attended the [[70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China]] in October 2019, and the [[100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party|100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party]] in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mai |first=Jun |date=1 July 2021 |title=China's Communist Party sticks to the script on a day for young and old |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3139499/chinas-communist-party-sticks-script-day-young-and-old |access-date=30 September 2023 |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012181557/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3139499/chinas-communist-party-sticks-script-day-young-and-old |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 20th Communist Party Congress ===
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At the closing ceremony of the [[20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|20th CCP National Congress]] on 22 October 2022, Hu, who had been sitting next to Xi, was [[Hu Jintao removal incident|pulled from his seat and escorted out of the hall]] by two men in suits and with name badges.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Graham-Harrison |first1=Emma |last2=Davidson |first2=Helen |date=22 October 2022 |title=Former Chinese president Hu Jintao unexpectedly led out of party congress |website=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/22/former-chinese-president-hu-jintao-unexpectedly-led-out-of-party-congress |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022194725/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/22/former-chinese-president-hu-jintao-unexpectedly-led-out-of-party-congress |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=22 October 2022 |title=Hu Jintao escorted out of China party congress |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/former-chinese-president-hu-jintao-escorted-out-party-congress-2022-10-22/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022191231/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/former-chinese-president-hu-jintao-escorted-out-party-congress-2022-10-22/ |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Areddy |first=James T. |title=Hu Jintao's Exit from China's Party Congress Causes a Stir |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hu-jintaos-exit-from-chinas-party-congress-causes-a-stir-11666450539 |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027144844/https://www.wsj.com/articles/hu-jintaos-exit-from-chinas-party-congress-causes-a-stir-11666450539 |archive-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> This incident occurred before the votes that day, which Hu was absent from as a result.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 October 2022 |title=二十大闭幕 大会表决通过中委中纪委报告及党章修正案 - RTHK |language=zh |website=[[Radio Television Hong Kong]] |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1672180-20221022.htm?spTabChangeable=0 |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221022225150/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1672180-20221022.htm?spTabChangeable=0 |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=李 |first=宗芳 |date=22 October 2022 |title=影/中共20大/閉幕表決胡錦濤中場離席 依舊不見江澤民出席 {{!}} 中天新聞網 |website=[[CTi News]] |url=https://www.ctinews.com/news/items/gzaeA9wEam |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221022224916/https://www.ctinews.com/news/items/gzaeA9wEam |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> [[Xinhua News Agency]], China's official press agency, stated that Hu was not feeling well,<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonell |first=Stephen |date=22 October 2022 |title=Hu Jintao: The mysterious exit of China's former leader from party congress |website=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63358627 |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022192158/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63358627 |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> while foreign news speculated about whether Hu was genuinely sick or whether this was a deliberate political signal by Xi.<ref name=":03">{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=James |date=22 October 2022 |title=What the Hell Just Happened to Hu Jintao? |newspaper=[[Foreign Policy]] |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/22/china-xi-jinping-hu-jintao-ccp-congress/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221022163847/https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/22/china-xi-jinping-hu-jintao-ccp-congress/ |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=28 October 2022 |title=Was Hu Jintao's removal from China's 20th party congress suspicious or not? |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/china-hu-jintao-removal-20th-party-congress-suspicious-or-not |url-status=live |access-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206221809/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/china-hu-jintao-removal-20th-party-congress-suspicious-or-not |archive-date=6 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Xi Jinping has surrounded himself with loyalists |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/china/2022/10/27/xi-jinping-has-surrounded-himself-with-loyalists |url-status=live |access-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028083105/https://www.economist.com/china/2022/10/27/xi-jinping-has-surrounded-himself-with-loyalists |archive-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> The incident was not broadcast in China and both Hu's and his son's names were blocked by Chinese censors.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 2022 |title=Hu Jintao argued about official papers before being escorted out of congress |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/hu-jintao-argued-about-official-papers-before-being-escorted-out-of-congress |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027205200/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/hu-jintao-argued-about-official-papers-before-being-escorted-out-of-congress |archive-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>

=== Jiang Zemin's funeral ===
Following the [[Death and state funeral of Jiang Zemin|death]] of his predecessor [[Jiang Zemin]], Hu was appointed to serve on the funeral committee, ranked 36th on the list out of over 700 names.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 December 2022 |title=江泽民遗体北京八宝山火化 习近平胡锦涛等到场送别 |trans-title=Jiang Zemin's Body Cremated in Babaoshan, Beijing, Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao and Other Officials Attended the Farewell |work=Zaobao |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20221205-1340592 |access-date=5 December 2022 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205091429/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20221205-1340592 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hu Jintao appeared in public alongside Xi Jinping on 5 December 2022, attending the farewell ceremony before Jiang's body was cremated in [[Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 December 2022 |title=江泽民遗体北京八宝山火化 习近平胡锦涛等到场送别 |trans-title=Jiang Zemin's Body Cremated in Babaoshan, Beijing, Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao and Other Officials Attended the Farewell |work=Zaobao |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20221205-1340592 |access-date=5 December 2022 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205091429/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20221205-1340592 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was accompanied by an aide.