The great financial modernizer was rumored to have fought China’s addiction to stimulus so bitterly that he was confined at home, forbidden to meet anyone Zhu Rongji, born on October 23, 1928, died on August 12, 2026. He had been a prime minister, and a great modernizer of China’s financial system.»»»

China’s former premier Zhu Rongji, whose bold economic reforms propelled his country to become the world’s second-largest economy, has died two months shy of his 98th birthday. He died in Beijing on Aug 12, state news agency Xinhua reported. As Vice-Premier from 1993 and then Premier from 1998 to 2»»»

Zhu Rongji, the steely former Chinese premier whose bold economic reforms propelled the country’s rise as a global powerhouse, has died. He was 97. Zhu, who served as premier from 1998 to 2003, died of illness in Beijing on Wednesday morning, according to state news agency Xinhua. He is survived by»»»