In 2004, then-Chinese President Hu Jintao unceremoniously dressed down Tung on live television. Three months later, Tung resigned for “health reasons” and was elected Vice Chairman of the largely symbolic Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
中国政府也后知后觉地发现董建华是一个负担。2004年，时任国家主席胡锦涛罕见地在电视直播中训斥了董建华。三个月后，董建华以“健康原因”辞任，并当选为基本只有象征意义的中国政协副主席。