Lin Wenyi
Lin Wenyi | |
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| 林文漪 | |
| Born | Sep 1944 Qingdao |
| Education | Ph.D., University of Liverpool |
| Occupation | Tsinghua University |
Lin Wenyi (Chinese: 林文漪; born September 1944) is a Chinese engineer and politician.
Career and education
She 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 a doctorate from the University of Liverpool. 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.[3]
References
- ^ 林文漪坦言任政协副主席入台不易，鳳凰網，2009-07-08
- ^ a b c 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，新华网，2013年03月11日
- ^ "林文漪连任台盟中央主席，人民网，December 3, 2007". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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- Living people
- 1944 births
- Politicians from Qingdao
- Chinese women in politics
- Chinese women engineers
- Tsinghua University alumni
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- Chinese people of Taiwanese descent
- Tsinghua University faculty
- Engineers from Shandong
- People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong
- Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
- 20th-century Chinese engineers
- Leaders of political parties in China
- 20th-century women engineers
- 21st-century women engineers