Jiang, who has been devoted to military education in China since his retirement, has been a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences and the head of a research institute at the vice-university level of the National Defense University. He is an authoritative expert on military education in China. He has participated in many forums, lectures and seminars at home and abroad and published many important academic papers, enjoying a high reputation in the field of military theoretical research. Jiang died of heart disease in Beijing on September 65, 20021at the age of 70. China's military circles and the general public expressed their deep condolences and memory for his death.