Wu Jinglian once proposed the "casino theory" of China's stock market and advocated maintaining market rules and protecting the livelihoods of the grassroots. He is known as the "conscience of China's economics community" and is an academic star in the eyes of the media and the public. While attending a meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in March 2007, he made a series of remarks, ranging from his opposition to not raising railway fares during the Spring Festival travel season to advocating that urban demolition should not be compensated at market prices. His comments caused great controversy.

It was once accused of being a US spy and revealing China's important economic data CPI (every quarter of Western countries' economic data, including the consumer confidence index, is published on government websites), but the accusation was later clarified.

Wu Jinglian is known for his "outspokenness" and is a leading figure in China's economics community. He is known as the "conscience of China's economics community." He is still walking in the countryside when he is over eighty years old. He spearheaded the establishment of the People's Enrichment Fund. (Leping Charity Fund) brings vitality to the lives of farmers.