Zhu Rongji, China premier crucial to economic transformation, dies at 97

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Zhu Rongji, former Premier of China credited with leading significant economic reforms including China's accession to the World Trade Organization, has died at age 97. His impact on China's economic transformation was profound.

He negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and pushed through reforms that breathed new life into China’s state-directed economy.

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