Zhu Rongji

Zhu Rongji was born in Changsha , the capital of Hunan Province . In 1951 he graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing .

Descendant of the overthrown Ming Dynasty . Zhu Rongji joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1949. He studied electrical engineering at the prestigious Tsinghua University. After his graduation, during the year he worked as deputy head of the production planning cabinet of the planning department of the Ministry of Industry of Northeast China.

In 1952-1958 He was the head of the fuel and energy management group, the consolidated department of the State Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China, the deputy head of the department of the Office of the Chairman of the State Planning Commission, and the deputy director of the consolidated department of the mechanization department of the State Planning Commission .

Party Cleansing, Rehabilitation, Deng Xiaoping

In 1958 , for criticizing Mao Zedong ’s “big leap forward” policy, Zhu Rongji, as a “right-wing deviator,” was removed from his post and sent to the State Planning School as an evening teacher. In 1962 he was rehabilitated and until 1969 he worked as an engineer of the consolidated department of the national economy of the State Planning Commission.

During the Cultural Revolution, Zhu Rongji, during the next purge, was again subjected to repression and in 1970 he was sent to the school of personnel workers "May 7" at the State Planning Commission, where until 1975 he was "reeducated by physical labor."

In 1975-1979 - Deputy Head of the Chancellery, Deputy Chief Engineer at the Telecommunications Facilities Company of the Pipeline Management of the Ministry of Petroleum of the People's Republic of China, Head of the Cabinet of the Institute of Industrial Economics at Tsinghua University

Starting his reforms in 1978, Deng Xiaoping was in search of economic advisers who shared his views, and then Deng's eyes fell on Zhu. Dan has politically rehabilitated Zhu Rongji for his insightful thinking and bold economic ideas. One day, Deng Xiaoping said that Zhu "adheres to his views, is not afraid to make decisions, and understands the economy."

Careers in Shanghai

From 1979 to 1982 , Zhu worked as the head of the fuel and energy department, and then deputy head of the consolidated department of the State Economic Committee . In 1982-1983 He headed the technical reform department, became a member of the board of the State Economic Committee, in which he was responsible for foreign economic relations and repeatedly headed economic delegations to foreign countries.

In 1983-1987 - Deputy Chairman of the State Economic Committee, member, deputy secretary of the party group of the leadership of the State Economic Committee.

In 1987-1991 was deputy secretary of the CPC committee in Shanghai .

In October 1987, at the XIII Congress of the CPC, he was elected a candidate member of the Central Committee .

In 1988, he was appointed mayor of Shanghai. In 1989, after Jiang Zemin , who headed the city party organization , was elected General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, he took his post, retaining the post of mayor.

As the mayor of Shanghai , Zhu won universal respect for the idea of ​​developing Pudong , a special economic zone located between Shanghai itself and the East China Sea , as well as the modernization of telecommunications, construction and transportation in the city. “Zhu Rongji began to pursue a transparent policy in the city. All construction projects went through an open tender, ”said prof. Hu Angang ^[1] .

Deputy Prime Minister

In April 1991, by decision of the 4th session of the 7th NPC , he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council of the PRC .

In June 1992, he was appointed head of the State Council Chancellery for Economics and Trade, secretary of the party leadership group.

In October 1992, at the 14th congress of the CPC, he was elected a member of the CPC Central Committee, at the same time at the 1st plenum of the 14th convocation of the CPC Central Committee , he became a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee , the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

In 1993-1995. He served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC, Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council of the PRC and Director of the People’s Bank of China . When in 1993 the health of Prime Minister Li Peng worsened, Zhu Rongji actually received the prime ministerial powers in economic management. His name is associated with the most noticeable successes of the economic macroregulation policy - maintaining high economic growth rates with low inflation . In September 1997, at the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of China, Zhu Rongji was re-elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee.

State Council Prime Minister

In March 1998, at the annual session of the NPC, he was approved by the Prime Minister of the State Council of the PRC. They note that "there were many rumors about disagreements between him and Jiang " ^[2] .

Zhu Rongji has repeatedly visited Russia : in 1987, as part of a government delegation (as Deputy Chairman of the State Economic Committee of the PRC), in 1995, traveling to Switzerland (as Deputy Prime Minister), in February 1999 and September 2001. with official visits.

Zhu Rongji is considered one of the most consistent supporters of market- oriented economic adjustment policies in the current leadership of China. He made considerable efforts to create a favorable investment climate in the country for foreign capital. He enjoyed the trust and support of a number of top leaders of the country, including Jiang Zemin.

Zhu Rongji is fluent in English , rarely speaks a pre-written text. In his free time, Zhu likes to listen to the Beijing opera . His wife, Lao An, at one time served as deputy chairman of the board of directors of China International Engineering and Consulting. He and Zhu studied together at Hunan First Provincial Secondary School (湖南 第一 中学) and Tsinghua University (清华大学). They have a son and a daughter.

• Note: due to limitations in the original GB2312 encoding, Zhu Rongji's name is often spelled “朱熔基,” however Zhu himself does not approve of this and prefers the correct spelling of “朱镕基”.