Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by ...

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.

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died on Wednesday at 97 after an illness, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.

Zhu Rongji, who served as China’s premier from 1998 to 2003, helped restructure state-owned enterprises and led negotiations for China’s WTO entry.

The former premier steered China toward Western market principles and championed its entry into the World Trade Organization.

Zhu Rongji, China's former premier who died on Wednesday aged 97, championed free-market policies and delivered far-reaching ...

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Zhu died in Beijing at around 11 am on Wednesday after medical treatment for an unspecified illness failed, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Zhu brought China into the WTO and championed reforms that fuelled growth.