Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji: The leaders who transformed China

Top Chinese officials gathered on Monday (Aug 17) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of late leader Jiang Zemin, who led China in a pivotal phase in its rise from a marginal economy to a global growth engine. Jiang died in 2022 at the age of 96. His co-partner in governance, former premier Zhu Rongji, died last week, with the funeral scheduled for Tuesday. The passing of the two leaders into China's history books marks a definitive end to the breakneck reforms that both represented during the 1990s and early 2000s, with an emphasis on private entrepreneurship and wealth creation. Chen Gang, deputy director of the National University of Singapore's East Asian Institute, discusses on CNA's East Asia Tonight the defining legacy of the Jiang-Zhu era. Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia