Zhou Ruijin is the author and editor of several books and serves as a Ph.D. Advisor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He graduated from Fudan University with a degree in Journalism. Upon graduating, he served as a reporter, editor, commentator, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the Liberation Daily, the daily newspaper of the Shanghai Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1991, under the pen name Huangfu Ping, he was in charge of writing a series of editorials entitled “Reform and Liberalization Need New Thinking” that drew worldwide attention. From 1993 to 2000, he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People’s Daily.