Justin Yifu Lin

Justin Yifu Lin is the Dean of Institute of New Structural Economics and Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development and Honorary Dean, School of National Development at Peking University. He was formerly the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank in 2008-2012. Prior to joining the Bank, he served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World. He was awarded the 1993 and 2001 Sun Yefang Prize (the highest honour for economists in China).