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Photo
Premier of China Zhu Rongji (2001)
By
European Commission, 2001
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CC BY 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

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Zhu Rongji 1986
By
World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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朱镕基

朱鎔基
Zhū Róngjī
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Zhu Rongji
  2. 2 PRC politician, Premier of the State Council (1998-2003)

About Zhu Rongji

1928–2026 · 政治家 politician

Premier of China from 1998 to 2003, earlier mayor of Shanghai. He pushed through reform of state companies, banks and the tax system, led the talks that brought China into the WTO in 2001, and was known for blunt speech against corruption.

Examples

HSK 6
朱镕基以推动经济改革而闻名。
Zhū Róngjī yǐ tuīdòng jīngjì gǎigé ér wénmíng.
Zhu Rongji is known for driving economic reform.
HSK 6
朱镕基担任总理期间，中国加入了世界贸易组织。
Zhū Róngjī dānrèn zǒnglǐ qījiān, Zhōngguó jiārù le Shìjiè Màoyì Zǔzhī.
China joined the World Trade Organization while Zhu Rongji was premier.

Tips

culture
The 镕 in his name is a generation character from a naming poem the first Ming emperor gave the line of his son, the Prince of Min: his grandfather's generation was 访, his father's 宽, and 镕 comes next, which is why he is thought to descend from the Ming founder.

Stroke Order

朱 zhū
镕 róng
基 jī