# Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, architect of growth, dies at 97

https://mins.news/en/item/20057

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-12 10:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4qgcmVx

> Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died at the age of 97, state media reported. Known as an impatient and sharp-tongued reformer, he pushed state industry through wrenching changes during the 1990s. Those reforms helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom. Zhu also led the country into the World Trade Organization, marking another major step in its economic transformation.

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