Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu, promoter of economic reforms, dies at 97

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who strongly promoted economic reforms under the leadership of President Jiang Zemin and helped

He pushed through a dizzying array of changes as premier, China’s top economic post, from 1998 to 2003 under former President Jiang Zemin.

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the country into the World Trade Organization, has died of illness, state media reported Wednesday. He was 97. Zhu died in Bei

Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97  AP News

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, who helped engineer one of the greatest economic reforms in human history, has died. He was 97. Zhu, who served as China’s premier from 1998 to 2003, is remembered for tackling corruption, shaking up the centrally planned economy and overhauling the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector