Lin Wenyi (; born September 1944) is a Chinese engineer and politician.

Career and education

Lin 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 The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

. Lin's father was from Tainan, Taiwan; she was born in

Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...

. A graduate of

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...

, 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 The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

as a physicist. She has an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws ''honoris causa'') from the

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

. Beginning in 1994 she was a full-time professor at Tsinghua University. 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. In December 2005 Lin was named Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League. She was involved in the preparation of the Beijing Olympics.

References

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