# Remains of late Chinese leader Zhu Rongji to be cremated in Beijing

https://mins.news/en/item/23376

- CGTN, 2026-08-16 06:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-16/Remains-of-late-Chinese-leader-Zhu-Rongji-to-be-cremated-1PEzoY9mv7O/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> The remains of former Chinese leader Zhu Rongji will be cremated in Beijing on Tuesday. Zhu died on August 12 at the age of 98 after serving as a member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee and premier of the State Council. Flags will be flown at half-mast at official sites in China and overseas, while an official obituary praised him as a loyal communist fighter and outstanding statesman and Party and state leader.

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