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Gallery: Comrade Zhu Rongji's life in pictures

Politics 11:47, 19-Aug-2026

CGTN

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The body of former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was cremated in Beijing on Tuesday.

Zhu died of illness on August 12 in Beijing at the age of 98.

He had served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.

Zhu was extolled in an obituary as an excellent Party member, a time-tested and loyal communist fighter, and an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, statesman, and leader of the Party and the state.

Zhu Rongji (L, front) accompanies Deng Xiaoping (C, front) on an inspection tour to Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. in east China's Shanghai, February 6, 1991. /Xinhua

Xi Jinping (R) and Zhu Rongji pose for a photo prior to the conclusion of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China, November 14, 2012. /Xinhua

Jiang Zemin (L) and Zhu Rongji pose for a photo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 22, 2002. /Xinhua

Hu Jintao (L) and Zhu Rongji at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, September 18, 1997. /Xinhua

Zhu Rongji visits workers participating in a Shanghai youth technical competition in 1990. /Xinhua

Zhu Rongji inspects Yungang coal mine in Datong City, north China's Shanxi Province, May 21, 1992. /Xinhua

Zhu Rongji inspects flood control and disaster relief efforts at the site of a breach in a flood-control wall in Jiujiang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, August 9, 1998. /Xinhua

Zhu Rongji shakes hands with a technical worker at the construction site of the Three Gorges project, December 29, 1998. /Xinhua

Zhu Rongji delivers the government work report at the second session of the ninth National People's Congress in Beijing, China, March 5, 1999. /Xinhua