林毅夫

Lín Yìfū

proper noun

Meanings

1 Justin Yifu Lin (1952-)
2 prominent Chinese economist, former World Bank chief economist (2008-2012)

Characters

surname Lin; forest

Examples

HSK 4

林毅夫提出了「新结构经济学」理论。

Lín Yìfū tíchū le " Xīn Jiégòu Jīngjìxué " lǐlùn.

Justin Yifu Lin proposed the theory of 'New Structural Economics'.

HSK 6

他是北京大学国家发展研究院的创办人之一。

Tā shì Běijīng Dàxué Guójiā Fāzhǎn Yánjiūyuàn de chuàngbànrén zhīyī.

He is a co-founder of the National School of Development at Peking University.

Tips

history

Born in Taiwan; in 1979 he famously swam across the Taiwan Strait from Kinmen to Xiamen to defect to the mainland. Earned a PhD from the University of Chicago under Theodore Schultz, then became one of China's most influential development economists.

Stroke Order

林 lín

毅 yì

夫 fū