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12 August 2026

Zhu Rongji, Former Premier Who Pushed China to a Market Economy, Dies at 97

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Source reporting: New York Times World

Zhu Rongji, Former Premier Who Pushed China to a Market Economy, Dies at 97

As a vice premier and then premier, he helped transform China into the world’s leading manufacturing power and led his country into the World Trade Organization.

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