Lin Wenyi Explained

Lin Wenyi
Native Name:林文漪
Native Name Lang:zh
Office:Vice Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Term Start:March 2008
Term End:March 2018
1Blankname:Chairman
1Namedata:Jia Qinglin
Yu Zhengsheng
Term Start1:December 2005
Term End1:December 2017
Successor1:Su Hui
Birth Place:Qingdao, Shandong, China
Party:Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

Lin Wenyi (; born September 1944) is a Chinese engineer and politician.

Career and education

Lin was the Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League between 2005 and 2017, a legally sanctioned minor political party in China, a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Lin's father was from Tainan, Taiwan; she was born in Qingdao.[1]

A graduate of Tsinghua University, Lin worked in Xinjiang as a technician in her early years. After her stint in Xinjiang ended in 1973, she began working for the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a physicist.[2] She has an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws honoris causa) from the University of Liverpool.[3] Beginning in 1994 she was a full-time professor at Tsinghua University.[2]

Lin has served in a variety of political posts during her life. She joined the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League in December 1990. She was deputy director of education of Beijing Municipality, the assistant to the mayor, and between 1996 and 2003, the vice mayor of Beijing. In March 2003 she was named deputy secretary-general of the National People's Congress Standing Committee.[2]

In December 2005 Lin was named Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League. She was involved in the preparation of the Beijing Olympics.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 林文漪坦言任政协副主席入台不易_卫视_凤凰网. phtv.ifeng.com.
  2. Web site: 中国人民政治协商会议第十二届全国委员会副主席林文漪简历 - 2013两会 - 新华网. www.xinhuanet.com.
  3. Web site: Wenyi Lin Wenyi Lin- Human Resources - University of Liverpool. www.liverpool.ac.uk.
  4. Web site: 林文漪连任台盟中央主席,人民网,December 3, 2007 . April 10, 2016 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091057/http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/6604684.html . dead .