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| 1946 | Communist Party |  |
| Appointed Member of the Communist Party |
| 1982 | Central Committee | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| 1987 | Politburo | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| 1989 | Martial Law | |
| Tiananmen Sqr Does not suppress demonstrations in Shanghai but supports martial law in Beijing |
| 1989 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party |
| 1993 | President | |
| Appointed President of China |
| 1994 | Economy | |
| China, Russia and three (later four) former Soviet republics (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) form the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) |
| Communist China's gross domestic product grows at an average annual rate of about 10%, the highest in the world, between 1994 and 2000 |
| 1994 | Shanghai Cooperation Organization | |
| China, Russia and three (later four) former Soviet republics (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) form the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) |
| 1997 | Economy | |
| Jiang Zemin legalizes private enterprise and unveils a plan to privatize Communist China's state-owned enterprises |
| 1997 | President | |
| Deng dies and Jiang Zemin, who was already ruling Communist China, becomes the sole leader |
| 1997 | Rule of Hong Kong | |
| Britain cedes Hong Kong back to Communist China, and Jiang Zemin appoints Tung Chee-hwa as chief executive of the city |
| 1998 | Diplomacy | |
| 28th June Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights |
| 1999 | Rule of Macau | |
| 19th Dec Macau Portugal officially returns Macau to China after 442 yrs |
| 1999 | Rule of Taiwan | |
| Chen Shui-bian becomes the first democratically elected president of Taiwan and the first to advocate independence from Communist China |
| 2002 | Resignation | |
| Jiang Zemin resigns and Hu Jintao succeeds him, the first peaceful transition of power since 1949 |
