LI JUNRU

Li Junru is a former vice president of the Central Party School, research fellow, Ph.D. supervisor, and recipient of the special government allowance awarded by the State Council. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the "Marxist Theoretical Research and Development Project", a member of the 10th CPPCC National Committee (2003-2008), and a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th CPPCC National Committee (2008-2013). Currently, he is chairperson of the Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese of Departments Directly under the CPC Central Committee and vice president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS). He has published dozens of books, including Renewal of Concepts. Among his publications, "Mao Zedong Research Trilogy" - consisting of Mao Zedong and Modern China, Mao Zedong and Contemporary China, and Mao Zedong and Contemporary China After His Era - won the China Book Award in 1998. He has also published several hundred papers, including "Deng Xiaoping's Theory of Governing China". Among these papers, "Deng Xiaoping's Theory of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" and "Deng Xiaoping's Management Ideas and Leadership Art" won the Outstanding Research Paper Award in 1991 and 1992 respectively. He was selected as one of the Top 100 Talent for China's Development in 2005. He was also presented with the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the AIDS Response by UNAIDS, and the Golden Kangaroo Award of Australia in 2008. He was named one of the scholars of the year with the strongest influence in China in 2017.