Justin yifu lin biography
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Justin Yifu Lin
Chinese economist and professor
This article is about the Chinese economist. For the film director, see Justin Lin. For the Taiwanese economic officeholder, see Lin Yi-fu.
Justin Yifu Lin (Chinese: 林毅夫; pinyin: Lín Yìfū; born on October 15, 1952) is a Taiwanese-born Chinese economist and professor of economics at Peking University.[1] He served as the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank from 2008 to 2012.[2] He has been appointed as China's State Council Counsellor since September 2013.[3][4]
Born in Yilan County of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Lin was a ground force captain and company commander of the Republic of China Army on the Kinmen Islands, where he swam across the channel and sought refuge in Xiamen of the People's Republic of China in May 1979.[5][6] After settling in Mainland China, Lin became an economist after graduating from Peking University and ear