# Body of former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji cremated in Beijing

https://mins.news/en/item/24912

- China News Service, 2026-08-18 09:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/m/news/politics/2026-08-18/detail-ihfimvaz1908636.shtml

> The body of former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was cremated Tuesday at Beijing’s Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. Xi Jinping and other senior Party and state leaders attended the farewell, observed a moment of silence, bowed three times and offered condolences to Zhu’s family. Zhu died of illness in Beijing on Aug. 12, aged 98.

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