Zhu Rongji, the steely former Chinese premier whose bold economic reforms propelled the country’s rise as a global powerhouse ...

S oon after becoming China’s prime minister in 1998 Zhu Rongji famously declared that he had ordered 100 coffins — 99 for corrupt officials and one for himself. In his hatred of bureaucratic graft, ...

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.

Zhu was renowned for reforms that sought to transition China from the post-Maoist years to a more global market-oriented ...

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died, according to state media. The impatient, sharp-tongued reformer helped ignite ...

Zhu, who rose to become premier, spearheaded China's entry into the World Trade Organization Former Chinese premier Zhu ...

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

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji is dead at the age of 97 after an illness, official Xinhua news agency reports. According ...

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji died at 97 in Beijing, state media reported Zhu led China’s economic reforms and WTO entry as premier from 1998 to 2003 He pushed state-owned firms to efficiency, ...

Zhu was closely associated with the reformist economic approach of Deng Xiaoping, widely regarded as the architect of China's post-Mao economic transformation.

Zhu Rongji, the former Chinese premier known as the country's "economic czar," has died at 97 after leading market reforms and China's entry into the WTO.

Zhu Rongji, China's former premier who died on Wednesday aged 97, championed free-market policies and delivered far-reaching economic reforms during his five years at the helm.But it was his radical ...