Zhu Rongji, male, Han nationality, was born in 1928 in Changsha, Hunan Province. He attended middle school there, and then went to Qinghua University where he majored in electrical engineering. Zhu worked in the State Planning Commission from 1952 to 1969, and from 1970 to 1975 he was assigned to a "May 7th Cadre School" during the Cultural Revolution. He then worked in the petroleum industry before being assigned to the State Economic Commission in 1979, where he served as vice-minister from 1983 to 1987.
Zhu was appointed mayor of Shanghai in 1987 and oversaw the economic development of that city, including transformation of the Pudong District into a thriving economic zone. He was appointed vice-premier of the State Council in 1991 and served concurrently as governor of the central bank. Zhu became premier in March 1998. His administration has been characterized by efforts to reform state enterprises and control inflation.
Zhu has been a Politboro standing committee member since 1993. He became head of the State Steering Group on Science, Technology and Education in 1998, and, in 1997, he became chairman of the State Council Three Gorges Project Construction Committee.
1999 |
Member, Macao SAR Preparatory Committee, Government Delegation, Macao Hand-Over Ceremony |
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1998—???? |
Chairman, Three Gorges Project Construction Committee |
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1998—???? |
Head, State Steering Group of Science, Technology and Education |
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1998—2003 |
Premier, State Council |
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1997—2002 |
Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo |
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1997—2002 |
Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee |
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1997—2002 |
Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Standing Committee |
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1993—1995 |
Governor, People's Bank of China |
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1992—1997 |
Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo |
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1992—1997 |
Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee |
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1992—1997 |
Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Standing Committee |
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1991—1992 |
Director, Production Office of the State Council |
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1991—1998 |
Vice-Premier, State Council |
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1991—1993 |
Director, State Economic and Trade Office |
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1987—1991 |
Mayor, People's Government Shanghai Municipality |
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1987—1992 |
Alternate Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee |
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1987—1991 |
Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Shanghai Municipality |
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1987—1991 |
Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Shanghai Municipality |
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1983—1987 |
Vice-Minister, State Economic Commission |
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1982—1983 |
Member, State Economic Commission |
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1979—1982 |
Division Chief, State Economic Commission |
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1975—1979 |
Director, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Industrial Economics Research Institute |
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1975—1979 |
Deputy Chief Engineer, Ministry of Petroleum Industry, Pipeline Bureau |
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1970—1975 |
Worker, Cultural Revolution, May 7th Cadre School |
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1958—1969 |
Engineer, National Development and Reform Commission |
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1952—1958 |
Deputy Division Chief, National Development and Reform Commission |
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1951 |
Graduate, Tsinghua University, Electrical Engineering Department Beijing Municipality |
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1949 |
Joined, CPC |
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