Wen Tiejun

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Wen.
Wen Tiejun
温铁军
BornMay 1951 (age 72)
Beijing, China
OccupationEconomist
Academic background
Alma materRenmin University of China
China Agricultural University
Academic work
DisciplineAgricultural economics
Sub-disciplineThree Rural Issues
InstitutionsRenmin University of China
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin
Wēn Tiějūn

Wen Tiejun (Chinese: 温铁军; born May 1951) is a Chinese agricultural economist who is a professor at the Renmin University of China.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Wen was born in Beijing, in May 1951, while his ancestral home in Changli County, Hebei. After graduating from the Journalism Department of the Renmin University of China in 1983, he was sent by the Chinese government to study in the Institute of Social Investigation of the University of Michigan and the World Bank, and then studied at Columbia University, Cornell University and the University of Southern California.

After returning to China, Wen studied in both the School of Economics and Management and the Graduate School of

Ministry of Agriculture
, and the China Economic System Reform Research Association.

Views

In the 1990s and early 2000s, Wen critiqued China's approach to rural marketization and nationwide urbanization policies.[5]: 48  He criticized state-directed rural modernization and what he viewed as the fetishization of technocratic modernization models.[5]: 48 

Wen often expresses his views of sustainable development with reference to the concept of ecological civilization.[5]: 48  Wen's approach to ecological civilization emphasizes the need to maintain traditional rural ways of living while supporting income parity, small-scale production, and social justice.[5]: 49  As of at least 2023, Wen's interpretations of the ecological civilization concept are a minority view within Chinese political and academic discourse on the subject.[5]: 49–50 

Publications

Co-authored publications

References

  1. ^ Orange, Wang (14 February 2022). "China's rural-revitalisation plan calls on banks to support infrastructure projects, but avoid hidden-debt trap". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ Cissy, Zhou (1 July 2020). "China's urbanisation drive leaves some rural residents 'heartbroken' as local governments accused of unfair evictions". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ James. P. Graham (4 July 2018). "'For all the tea in China' – reflections on a future ecological civilisation". theecologist.org. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. ^ 中国人民大学农业与农村发展学院院长温铁军. qq.com (in Chinese). 2009-08-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
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    ISBN 978-1-5017-6900-9
    .
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