Jiang's remains arrive in Beijing

In an announcement made on Thursday, Comrade Jiang Zemin's Funeral Committee said a memorial meeting for the late Chinese leader will be held on Tuesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The committee said the event will be broadcast live, and called for local authorities and departments to organize Party members, officials and the general public to listen to or watch the live broadcast.

During the day of the memorial meeting, national flags across China, and those at the nation's embassies, consulates and other agencies stationed overseas will be flown at half-staff. All public entertainment activities will be halted on that day, according to the announcement.

People across the country will pay a three-minute silent tribute and horns and sirens will be sounded for three minutes as silence is observed at the memorial meeting on Tuesday morning.

No ceremony for paying last respects to Jiang's remains will be held, the committee said.

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