China's former premier Zhu Rongji passed away.
NextFin News -- Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, 97, passed away on Wednesday.
Zhu became China's premier in March 1998 and retired from the post in March 2003. He was widely respected for his leading role in China's economic reform. With Zhu's leadership, China joined the World Economic Organization in December 2001. He also reformed China's tax system, allowing the cental government to have a larger share of tax revenues.
He became the mayor of Shanghai in 1987. Zhu, who graduated from Tsinghua University in 1951, was promoted to Shanghai's party secretary in 1989 after his predecessor Jiang Zemin left for Beijing to assume the office of Chinese president.
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