Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Sakatare Janar na CCP kuma Shugaban PRC Jiang Zemin da PRC Premier Zhu Rongji, duka tsoffin magajin garin Shanghai, sun jagoranci PRC bayan Tiananmen a cikin 1990s. A karkashin shekaru goma na gwamnatin Jiang da Zhu, aikin tattalin arzikin PRC ya fitar da kimanin manoma miliyan 150 daga talauci kuma ya ci gaba da samun karuwar yawan kuɗin cikin gida na shekara-shekara na 11.2%. Kasar ta shiga kungiyar kasuwanci ta duniya a shekara ta 2001. A shekara ta 1997 da 1999
, tsoffin yankuna na Turai na Burtaniya Hong Kong da Portuguese Macau sun zama yankuna na musamman na Hong Kong da Macau na Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Sin.