Hu Jintao, originally slated to attend the event, will now be absent, fortuitously busy with affairs of state at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in South Korea.

• 胡耀邦代表了邓小平改革的一个方面，即邓小平要对毛泽东时期的中共进行改革，纠正毛泽东作为唯一执政党领袖的错误，毛做过许多连自己党内同僚都不同意的事情。