Zhu Rongji, who drove China's 1990s economic reforms, has died at 97

Zhu was renowned for reforms that sought to transition China from the post-Maoist years to a more global market-oriented financial system, without ceding party control over the economy.

<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/08/31/gettyimages-1126336176_custom-330872a5ec267da386195767827c32b61e35842e.jpg' alt='Then-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji arrives at Hong Kong's international airport on Nov. 18, 2002, for the opening of the World Congress of Accountants.'/><p>Zhu was renowned for reforms that sought to transition China from the post-Maoist years to a more global market-oriented financial system, without ceding party control over the economy.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1196705508' />