Yu Jianrong (, born 1962) is a Chinese sociologist who researches rural development at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In 2011, he started a microblog account for Internet users to post pictures of children begging in cities to help connect them with their parents. In 2012 Yu was reported to have made broad proposals for political and economic reform, “10-Year Outline of China’s Social and Political Development”."In China, Following in Footsteps of Reform"
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