Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday at the age of 96
Jiang died at 12:13 p.m. (0413 GMT) in his home city of Shanghai
Jiang rose from a factory engineer to leader of the world's most populous country
Jiang retired as president in 2003
China was a member of the World Trade Organization, Britain had handed over Hong Kong, Beijing had secured the 2008 Olympics Are some of the events During his Tenure
Without addressing the problem of (economic survival) first, it would be difficult to achieve any other right," Jiang said in 1997
Jiang became Shanghai mayor in 1985 and later its Communist Party chief, putting him in the party's national inner circle