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Justin Yifu Lin

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Justin Yifu Lin (Chinese: 林毅夫; pinyin: Lín Yìfū; born 15 October 1952) is a Taiwanese-born Chinese economist and professor of economics at Peking University. He served as the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank from 2008 to 2012. He has been appointed as China's State Council Counsellor since September 2013. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Justin Yifu Lin is the 350th most popular economist (up from 352nd in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Taiwan (up from 48th in 2019) and the most popular Taiwanese Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Justin Yifu Lin ranks 350 out of 414. Before him are Euclid Tsakalotos, Gottfried Haberler, Tatyana Golikova, Gunter Pauli, Fischer Black, and Edith Abbott. After him are Thomas Hodgskin, John Neville Keynes, Henry Charles Carey, Robert Torrens, Jagdish Bhagwati, and James Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Justin Yifu Lin ranks 517. Before him are Dahir Riyale Kahin, Jerzy Szmajdziński, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Kim Kashkashian, Attilio Fontana, and Jacek Yerka. After him are Franklin Graham, Youssouf Saleh Abbas, Joe Borg, Seiji Ueda, Martin O'Neill, and René Verheyen.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Justin Yifu Lin ranks 43 out of 116. Before him are Chi Cheng (1944), Peter Chen (1947), Sally Yeh (1961), Kai-Fu Lee (1961), Vivian Hsu (1975), and Ruby Lin (1976). After him are Chang Chen (1976), Richie Jen (1966), Justin Lin (1971), Joseph Tsai (1964), Jerry Yan (1977), and Lin Chuan (1951).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Taiwan

Among economists born in Taiwan, Justin Yifu Lin ranks 1. 

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