LI ZHONGJIE

Prof. Li Zhongjie is former deputy director of the Party History Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the advisory committee of the Marxist Studies and Development Project, and doctoral supervisor in international strategies.

His main publications and contribution include: Surveys on China's Population Casualties and Property Losses During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, a decade-long research project that involved some 600,000 people; a nation-wide survey of relics and sites related to China's revolutions; Chronicle of the People's Republic of China, History of the Communist Party of China, and Dictionary of the Members of the CPC Central Committee.

Dedicated to strategic and forward-looking studies, Prof. Li has produced many weighty works in the basic theories of the CPC and the Chinese government, international politics, Party history and Party building, socioeconomic strategies, and leadership arts.

Where have we come from, and where are we going? In this day and age for China, I am always reminding myself to maintain this sense of history.

–Xi Jinping

From Xi’s speech when meeting with foreign attendees of the Second Understanding China Conference in Beijing, People’s Daily, January 5, 2016