new video loaded: Zhu Rongji, Former Premier Who Transformed China Into a Market Economy, Dies at 97 <img src="https://www.chinastrategy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/zhu-rongji-former-premier-who-transformed-china-into-a-market-economy-dies-at-97.jpg" data-testid="betamax-poster" sizes="(width Zhu Rongji, the former Chinese premier, died in Beijing on Wednesday at the age of 97. He helped guide China toward a market-based economy in the 1990s and later into the World Trade Organization that skyrocketed the country’s exports. By David Cheung August 12, 2026 NYT
Zhu Rongji, Former Premier Who Transformed China Into a Market Economy, Dies at 97
