吴敬琏

吳敬璉

Wújìngliǎn

proper noun

Meanings

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

Characters

ritual vessel for grain

Examples

吴敬琏被称为"中国经济学界的良心"。

Wújìngliǎn 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.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

吴 Wú

敬 jìng

琏 liǎn