birth_place notable_students field work_institutions birth_date spouse residence prizes article_title name alma_mater
nanjing , jiangsu , china li meng xiaosu , gong fangxiong keqiang , li yuanchao , lu hao , economics guanghua school of management , peking university 22 november 1930 he yuchun -lrb- 何玉春 -rrb- 1958 beijing fukuoka economics prize asian culture prize -lrb- 2004 -rrb- sun yefang li yining
 li yining 厉以宁 peking university
li yining

li yining -lrb- ; born 22 november 1930 -rrb- is a prominent chinese economist .
he has been a leading voice for the privatization of state-owned companies , and his advocacy led to the establishment of china 's stock markets in 1990 .
nicknamed `` mr. stock market '' , he is credited with providing the theoretical basis for the market-oriented reform that has propelled china 's economic growth .
li is a long-time professor at peking university and former dean of the guanghua school of management .
among his former students are chinese premier li keqiang and vice president li yuanchao .
in 2004 li yining was awarded the fukuoka asian culture prize of japan .
