Hu Jintao leaves

Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was escorted off stage during the closing session of a major Communist Party congress, where the 79-year-old had been ...

TOKYO -- In perhaps the most dramatic moment of the 2022 Chinese Communist Party national congress, former President Hu Jintao was escorted out of the.

Hu Jintao was escorted out of the closing ceremony of the party congress as Xi Jinping consolidates his position.

A steward attempted to take a sitting Hu by the arm before being shaken off. [79-year-old](/news/2012/11/9/chinas-hu-says-corruption-threatens-state) seemed reluctant to leave the front row of proceedings at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, where he was sitting next to President Xi Jinping. [Xi set to reveal China’s new senior leadership as Congress ends](/news/2022/10/21/xi-set-to-reveal-chinas-new-senior-leadership-as-congress-ends) [Japan, Australia leaders sign new security pact to counter China](/news/2022/10/22/japan-australia-leaders-sign-new-security-pact-to-counter-china) [What’s on the agenda for China’s 20th Communist Party Congress?](/news/2022/10/16/whats-on-the-agenda-for-chinas-communist-party-congress)

Video shows moment when former Chinese president Hu Jintao unexpectedly leaves Saturday's closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress.

Why was Hu Jintao asked to leave the stage at the end of China's Communist Party congress?

It does not include Li Keqiang or Wang Yang, both seen as economic liberals, both linked to the ideas of the former administration. It was just after the cameras had set up that officials approached Mr Hu and indicated that he should go. A longer edit of the footage taken on Saturday shows Xi Jinping turning to the former party chairman and also, to Mr Hu's left, senior figures Li Zhanshu and Wang Huning appearing concerned. The current government has encouraged an explosion in nationalist sentiment, showing little concern for what anyone else thinks about its handling of anything. Why in front of the cameras? What did he say to the man who replaced him, Xi Jinping, which prompted a nod from China's current leader?

The reason for Hu's departure from the closing ceremony is unclear and prompted widespread discussion online.

An empty chair could be seen after Hu Jintao left the stage during the closing session of the 20th Party Congress.

For previous posts on the Party Congress, [check here](https://www.whatsonweibo.com/tag/party-congress/). Because of his good nose for political talent – he was also ‘mentor’ to Wen Jiabao who would later become premier, – Song started to get known as “the biggest Bo Le in China’s political circles” (“中国政坛最大伯乐”). Another related term that is proposed as one of the keywords of this Party Congress is ‘innovation’ (创新, chuàngxīn). In China’s coming years, the economic focus should be placed on the real economy (实体经济). – which is similar to the idea behind the “Road to Follow” (必由之路) keyword. [vocabulary list](https://www.whatsonweibo.com/100-terms-communist-party-wants-know-19th-cpc-national-congress/) containing 100 relevant words and terms. “Socialist culture with Chinese characteristics” was already proposed by Jiang Zemin (江泽民) at the 15th CPC National Congress in 1997. This concept of ‘whole-process people’s democracy’ (全过程人民民主, quán guòchéng rénmín mínzhǔ) is mentioned at least five times in Xi Jinping’s 20th Party Congress speech and it is one of the political concepts and terms proposed by Xi himself as part of Xi Jinping’s Socialist Thought with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. ‘Socialist Culture’ (社会主义文化, shèhuì zhǔyì wénhuà) comes up at least four times in the 20th Party Congress report. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). This led some on Twitter, including the Chinese author [Cao Changqing](https://twitter.com/caochangqing/status/1583773960126492673?s=48&t=HATutC_N86Hk3SaLaAMitA), to conclude that Hu’s incident was not a medical issue, or else the footage would not have been banned. It is clear that Hu Jintao’s early departure is not something the Party wants to explain to Chinese audiences – in whatever context – at the time of writing.