# Remains of late Chinese leader Zhu Rongji to be cremated

https://mins.news/en/item/23752

- China News Service, 2026-08-17 01:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/news/politics/2026-08-17/detail-ihfifqmx7365106.shtml

> The remains of Zhu Rongji will be cremated in Beijing on Tuesday. Zhu died on Aug. 12 aged 98 after serving as a member of the Communist Party of China’s Political Bureau Standing Committee and premier of the State Council. Flags will be lowered to half-mast nationwide, while an official obituary praised him as a loyal communist fighter and outstanding statesman and leader.

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