Personal Profile

Professor and PhD Supervisor, School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University.

National Leading Talent by the National Radio and Television Administration in 2020.

Research Interests

Media Industry and Policy; Film and Television Culture; Audiovisual Language.

Courses Taught

Audiovisual Language, History of World Cinema, Film and Television Culture and Industry Studies, etc.

Academic Contributions

The Monograph the History of Contemporary Chinese Cinema received the Second Prize of the Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Achievement Awards, as well as the Beijing Municipal Education Commission Excellent Textbook Award. Audiovisual Language was awarded Peking University Outstanding Textbook Award.

Research Projects：

1. Principal Investigator, 2008 National Social Science Fund of China Art Studies Project: A Study of the Achievements and Challenges of China’s Film Industry Since the Full Implementation of Industrialization Policies.

2. Principal Investigator, 2008 Ministry-Level Social Science Research Project, National Radio and Television Administration: A Study of Revolutionary Historical-Themed Cinema in China over the 60 Years Since the Founding of New China.

3. Principal Investigator, 2011 Key Ministry-Level Social Science Research Project, National Radio and Television Administration: Top-Level Design in the Development of Chinese Cinema.

4. Principal Investigator, 2018 Major Project, Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund: A Study of Xi Jinping’s Key Statements on Ideological Work.

Selected Articles

1. “The Realist Path of Chinese Cinema.” Journal of Beijing Film Academy, no. 4 (2001).

2. “‘The Fourth Generation’: A Contradictory Generation.” In Growing Up with the Republic. China Film Press, 2003.

3. “A Study of the Cinematic Style of Director Sun Yu.” Contemporary Cinema, no. 6 (2004).

4. “The Influence of Foreign Cinema on the Narrative of ‘Seventeen-Year Cinema.’” Journal of Beijing Film Academy, no. 5 (2008).

5. “Sixty Years of Transformation in New China’s Cinema.” In Selected Theoretical Essays on a Century of Chinese Cinema. China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing House, 2016.

6. “Rhetorical Strategies in Revolutionary Historical Films during the ‘Seventeen-Year’ Period.” Journal of the People’s Liberation Army Academy of Arts, no. 1 (2011).

7. “The Influence of the ‘Shadow Play’ Tradition on the Narrative of ‘Seventeen-Year’ Cinema.” Journal of Shanghai University, no. 1 (2011).

8. “Narrative Time and Narrative Perspective in Revolutionary Historical Films during the ‘Seventeen-Year’ Period.” Journal of the People’s Liberation Army Academy of Arts, no. 2 (2015).

9. “A Study of Sang Hu’s Creative Practice.” Contemporary Cinema, no. 12 (2016).

10. “New China’s Cinema: Seventy Years of Perseverance and Progress.” Guangming Daily, September 18, 2019.

Public Service

Served as a juror for the China Golden Rooster Awards and the China Journalism Awards, and has long served as a reviewer for projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China and the Ministry of Education.

Serves on the editorial boards or academic committees of leading journals, including Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication, Contemporary Communication, and Film Art, etc.