Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, has died at 97

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

The former premier pushed through a dizzying array of changes in China’s top economic post from 1998 to 2003

China’s economic reformer Zhu Rongji dies at 97Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died on Wednesday at 97 after an illness, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.Zhu rose to prominence in the 1990s after serving as mayor of Shanghai before becoming vice premier in 1991. He was given charge of major parts of t

Zhu was renowned for reforms that sought to transition China from the post-Maoist years to a more global market-oriented financial system, without ceding party control over the economy.

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the World Trade Organization, has died after an illness.

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

After being named premier in 1998, Rongji sought to privatize state-owned enterprises and urban housing, and promote home ownership.

After being named premier in 1998, Rongji sought to privatize state-owned enterprises and urban housing, and promote home ownership.

Zhu was once sent to do manual labor.

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

He helped push the reforms that transformed China from a beleaguered holdout against the collapse of Soviet-style Communism in the early 1990s to an emerging superpower with economic growth rates envied by other governments

Zhu Rongji, Engineer of China’s Economic Overhaul, Dies at 97  wsj.com

He negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and pushed through reforms that breathed new life into China’s state-directed economy.

Zhu Rongji helped push reforms that transformed China from a beleaguered hold-out against the collapse of Soviet-style Communism in the early 1990s to an emerging superpower.

BEIJING: Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, whose market reforms helped drive China's extraordinary economic rise, has died from illness at the age of 97, state media reported on Wednesday (Aug 12)."Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji died of illness at the age of 97 in Beijing at 11.06am Wednesday," Xinhua news agency r

Zhu Rongji, Chinese premier who cajoled economy into modern era, dies at 97  Reuters

Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, architect of growth, dies of illness at 98  Toronto Star

Zhu Rongji, who as China’s premier pushed through reforms at state-owned companies that cost tens of millions of workers their jobs, and who helped engineer China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, has died. He was 97.

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, who helped engineer one of the greatest economic reforms in the 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) se