 Panguva imwe cheteyo, mitemo yezveupfumi yaPrime Minister Zhu Rongji yakachengetedza hupfumi hweChina hwakasimba munguva yeAsia Financial Crisis. Kukura kwezvemari paavhareji ye8 pagore, kwakadzoserwa shure nemafashamo eRwizi rweYangtze muna 1998. Mararamire akavandudzika zvikuru, kunyange zvazvo mukaha mukuru weupfumi pakati pemaguta nemaruwa wakasikwa sezvo China yakaona kubudazve kweboka repakati. Kusaenzana kwepfuma pakati penzvimbo dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa dzokumabvazuva nenzvimbo dzokumadokero dzomumusha kwakaramba kuchikura zuva nezuva, kuchikurudzira zvirongwa zvehurumende kuvandudza Kumadokero, kutora mapurojekiti ane vavariro akadai sechitima cheQinghai Tibet. Zvisinei, uori hwakapararira hwakapfuurira pasinei zvapo nemushandirapamwe waPrime Minister Zhu wokurwisa uori uyo wakaita kuti vakuru vakuru vakawanda vaurayiwe. Uori hwoga hunofungidzirwa kuva hunoenzana nenzvimbo iri pose pose kubva pa 10 kusvika ku 20 muzana yeGDP yeChina. 