Hu Jintao's removal from the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party participant Hu Jintao
On October 22, 2022, Hu Jintao, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, was escorted out of the hall at the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was pulled from his seat by two men following the incumbent General Secretary Xi Jinping's instructions. As the media from all over the world had entered the venue at the time of the incident, the incident quickly became the focus of international coverage.