Zhu Rongji

Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade.

Zhu Rongji (1 October 1928 - ) was a Mayor and Party chief in Shanghai (1988 - 1991) and First Vice Premier (1993-1998) and then Premier (1998 - 2003).

Quotes

• Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back.
  • As quoted in Reform in Deep Water Zone: How Could China Reform Its State-Dominated Sectors at Commanding Heights by Harvard Kennedy School

• My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it.
  • 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, 2002

• I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.
  • As quoted in A Former Premier of China Speaks in The Atlantic (September 16, 2011)

• Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul. AZ Quotes
  • As quoted in China's hard sell in the mild, mild west in CNN (May 29, 2001)

• History can never be covered up.
  • As quoted in China.org in New Yorker (April 23, 2001)

External links

• Zhu Rongji biography @ China Vitae, the web's largest online database of China VIPs
• South China Post
• What he did, and left undone
• Asia Society
• Zhu Rongji on the Record The Shanghai Years, 1987-1991 Book