Cao remembered for bankruptcy law role

A memorial meeting for a Chinese jurisprudential scholar, regarded as the pioneer of the country's bankruptcy law, was held in Beijing on Tuesday.

Cao Siyuan, 68, the renowned economist and law specialist who drafted the first Chinese Bankruptcy Law, died suddenly on Friday from pulmonary infection and heart failure brought on by cancer at Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, according to Cao's micro blog on Sina Weibo.

Cao had worked hard until his death and recently became interested in poetry, the blog said.