Premier of the People’s Republic of China regarded as an economic reformer who declared that the country had become ‘the factory of the world’ Zhu Rongji, who has died aged 97, was the fifth premier of the People’s Republic of China and one of its most effective administrators and economic reform...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/zhu-rongji-obituary)