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China’s economic expert to speak at 19th CIFIT

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated:2016-08-10

Economist Justin Yifu Lin will  feature as a speaker at the 19th China International Fair for  Investment & Trade in Xiamen this September. 

Justin Yifu Lin studied economics at  Peking University, the University of Chicago and Yale University in 1980s. He  served as the chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank  between 2008 and 2012.

Lin now acts as director of the  Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University. His research area  covers agricultural economics, development economics and economic reforms in  China.

It will be Lin’s third time at  CIFIT. This year, he will give a keynote speech for the International Investment  Forum, which will run parallel to the fair. He will also deliver a report on  industrial development in Africa at an investment in Africa forum organized by  the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the  organizing committee of the fair.


UNIDO made efforts to boost  sustainable industrial development throughout Africa in recent years. Lin is  working with the organization to provide his expertise in economics for the  benefit of African countries.



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