-- Justin Yifu Lin
In February, Justin Yifu Lin became the first person from a developing country to be appointed as World Bank chief economist and senior vice president for development economics.
A self-made man, Lin earned a PHD from the University of Chicago. He returned to China in the 1980s and became the founder and director of the China Center for Economic Research at China's prestigious Peking University.
Lin is well known for his work on fiscal decentralization, enterprise reform, urban and rural modernization and agricultural innovation and reform.
His appearance on the world stage early this year, set the country alight with hope that a Chinese would make contributions to economic globalization.
-- Wu Jiafang
Wu Jiafang, became a disaster hero after the May 12 earthquake for trying to preserve the dignity of his dead wife.
He was photographed with her body tied to him while he was on his motorbike. After retrieving her from the quake's rubble, he wanted to drive her body to their home and bury her there.
Wu's image came to represent the heroic, selfless acts of many during the earthquake including policewoman Jiang Min. She continued to help quake-victims despite losing 10 family members. There was also middle school teacher Tan Qianqiu who sheltered his four students from quake debris with his arms.
As time goes by, their faces still linger in the memory of the Chinese people who were deeply impacted by what happened in Sichuan.
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