Yu_Jianrong

Yu Jianrong

Yu Jianrong

Chinese sociologist (born 1962)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yu.

Yu Jianrong (Chinese: 于建嵘; pinyin: Yú Jiànróng, 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.[1]

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”.[2]

In November 2012, Foreign Policy named Yu one of its 2012 Top 100 Global Thinkers "for daring to be specific about how to change China".[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Microblogs spur action on child abduction". China Media Project. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  2. [2]
    "In China, Following in Footsteps of Reform" article by Didi Kirsten Tatlow in The New York Times April 4, 2012
  3. [3]
    "The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers". Foreign Policy. 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.


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