Professor Justin Yifu Lin speaks at Marshall Lectures

Apr 18-2013   

Professor Justin Yifu Lin has put forward a new theoretical system relating to development economics and transition economics during the Marshall Lectures Wednesday and Thursday at the Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge University. His lecture was titled "Development and Transition: Idea, Strategy and Viability."

Professor Lin is the first Chinese economist to speak at the Marshall Lectures. The world-renowned Marshall Lectures every year select well-known economists from around the world to participate in the event.

In his lecture, Lin puts forward his system, which is based on his personal observation and understanding of the reasons behind the successes and failures of development and transition in China and many other developing countries, although primarily on his experiences in China. He hoped the lecture will make a small contribution to the knowledge that helps developing and transitional countries jump from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom in their pursuit of economic development and transition to a developed, wealthy market economy.

(Xinhua News Agency November 2, 2007)