# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/justin-yifu-lin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:25:26.802Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/justin-yifu-lin"
name: "Justin Yifu Lin"
slug: "justin-yifu-lin"
description: "Justin Yifu Lin is a Chinese economist and professor of economics at Peking University. He served as the chief economist of the World Bank from 2008 to 2012, and was also the World Bank's senior vice president during that time. He has served as a State Council Counsellor of China since September 2013."
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birthDate: "1952-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump