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Residents of Huaxi village in Jiangsu province file past the coffin of Wu Renbao, the village's retired chief. Wu, 85, helped the village become a symbol of economic expansion through a series of iconic projects, with the villagers benefiting from shares and dividends. Wu died at his home on Monday evening after battling cancer. Wu renbao wikipedia indonesia [Photo/Xinhua]

People in one of China's richest villages are in deep mourning for their former chief, Wu Renbao, who died of lung cancer on Monday afternoon.

Wu, 85, died at 6:58 pm at his home in Huaxi village of Jiangyin, Jiangsu province.

The village is well known in China for its wealth and common prosperity.

In the memorial hall where Wu's body has been placed for mourners to pay homage, many villagers wailed, with tears streaming down their faces.

"I've cried several times since I heard about the death of Wu," said villager Wang Fumei.

"Though he had been ill for a long time and the villagers we