Lin Wenyi
{{Short description|Chinese engineer and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Lin Wenyi
| native_name = 林文漪
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|office = Vice Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
|term_start = March 2008
|term_end = March 2018
| 1blankname = Chairman
| 1namedata = Jia Qinglin
Yu Zhengsheng
| office1 = Chairwoman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
| term_start1 = December 2005
| term_end1 = December 2017
| predecessor1 = Zhang Kehui
| successor1 = Su Hui
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1944|9}}
| birth_place = Qingdao, Shandong, China
| alma_mater = Tsinghua University
| party = Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
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Lin Wenyi ({{zh|c=林文漪}}; 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. Lin's father was from Tainan, Taiwan; she was born in Qingdao.{{Cite web|url=http://phtv.ifeng.com/program/wdsz/200907/0708_1759_1240085.shtml|title=林文漪坦言任政协副主席入台不易_卫视_凤凰网|website=phtv.ifeng.com}}
A graduate of Tsinghua University, 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 as a physicist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//2013lh/2013-03/11/c_114985722.htm|title=中国人民政治协商会议第十二届全国委员会副主席林文漪简历 - 2013两会 - 新华网|website=www.xinhuanet.com}} She has an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws honoris causa) from the University of Liverpool.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/hr/diversityandequality/events/bhm/honorarygraduates/wenyi,lin/|title=Wenyi Lin Wenyi Lin- Human Resources - University of Liverpool|website=www.liverpool.ac.uk}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/6604684.html |title=林文漪连任台盟中央主席，人民网，December 3, 2007 |access-date=April 10, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091057/http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/6604684.html |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Politicians from Qingdao
Category:Chinese women in politics
Category:Tsinghua University alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Category:Chinese people of Taiwanese descent
Category:Academic staff of Tsinghua University
Category:Engineers from Shandong
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong
Category:Members of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
Category:Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress
Category:20th-century Chinese engineers
Category:20th-century Chinese women engineers