吴敬琏

吳敬璉

Wújìngliǎn

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Meanings

1 Wu Jinglian (1930-), prominent Chinese economist and longtime advocate of market-oriented reform

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ritual vessel for grain

Examples

吴敬琏被称为"中国经济学界的良心"。

Wú Jìngliǎn bèi chēngwéi "Zhōngguó jīngjìxué jiè de liángxīn".

Wu Jinglian is called 'the conscience of Chinese economics'.

他长期主张建立法治的市场经济。

Tā chángqī zhǔzhāng jiànlì fǎzhì de shìchǎng jīngjì.

He has long advocated establishing a rule-of-law market economy.

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history

吴敬琏 was nicknamed 吴市场 ('Wu Market') in the 1980s for aggressively pushing market reform against the conservative wing. In the 2001 股市赌场论 ('stock market is a casino') debate, he publicly warned that Chinese stock markets were rigged — making him unpopular with speculators but iconic among reformers.

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