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.
Then-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji arrives at Hong Kong's international airport on Nov. 18, 2002, for the opening of the World Congress of Accountants.
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Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97
Breaking | Chinese economic reformer Zhu Rongji dies aged 97
Zhu Rongji, China’s chief engineer of economic reform, dies aged 97
Zhu Rongji, former premier behind China’s economic rise, dies at 97
Zhu Rongji, former premier who changed China's economic fate passes away at 97
Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji dies of illness at 98
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Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, architect of growth, dies at 97
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