Remains of Late Chinese Leader Zhu Rongji to Be Cremated
China’s top political bodies issued a joint obituary for Zhu Rongji, who died at 98 after serving as premier from 1998 to 2003.
- Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji will be cremated in Beijing on Tuesday, August 18, following his death last week at age 98.
- Zhu passed away in Beijing on Wednesday, August 12 from illness "after medical treatment failed to save him," Xinhua reported.
- Serving as premier from 1998 to 2003, Zhu spearheaded sweeping reforms of state-owned enterprises and secured China's landmark entry into the World Trade Organisation.
- National flags will fly at half-mast on Tuesday at Tiananmen Square, the Great Hall of the People, and Chinese embassies worldwide to mourn his death.
- China's top political bodies issued an obituary describing Zhu as an "outstanding proletarian revolutionist" whose life was "a life of glory.
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Remains of late Chinese leader Zhu Rongji to be cremated
Funeral of ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji to be held in Beijing on Aug 18
Beijing, Aug 16 (PTI) The funeral of former Chinese leader Zhu Rongji will take place in Beijing on August 18, it was announced on Sunday. Zhu, who was one of the country’s foremost economic reformers, passed away on August 12 at the age of 98. He served as China’s premier from 1998 to 2003 and […]
China to cremate former premier Zhu Rongji in Beijing Tuesday
BEIJING, Aug 16 — The remains of late Chinese leader Zhu Rongji will be cremated in Beijing on Tuesday, reported Xinhua.Zhu, who passed away on Aug 12 at the age of 97, 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 (CPC), and premier of the State Council.To mourn his death, national flags will fly at half-mast on Tuesday at Tian’anmen Square, Xinhu…
The remains of the late Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji will be cremated on August 18th.
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