Dongfang Zhi

Dongfang Zhi is a Chinese author and editor who has long been engaged in the planning, editing and publishing of books on Party affairs and Party building. Public information about him is limited, and few details of his life or career are available; his 19 works in the catalog, however, show that his writing focuses on politics and finance and economics. He has taken part in planning series such as the Series on the Scientific Development of Grassroots Party Affairs, the Series on Practical Work of Grassroots Party Organizations in the New Era, and the One-Volume Handbook Series on Grassroots Party Affairs. His representative works include A Handbook of Grassroots Party Affairs, Being a Qualified Communist Party Member, and A Reader for Party Members and Cadres on Observing Discipline and Rules. Most of his books are practical handbooks and training materials for grassroots Party organizations, Party members and cadres, such as A Practical Handbook of Party Branch Work, Training Materials for Party Applicants, and Basic Procedures of Party Affairs, with an emphasis on operability and standardization. He also addresses theoretical study and economic topics, as in the Party Members and Cadres Study Theory series and China's New Economic Orientation. His writing is pragmatic and closely tied to grassroots practice, and has had a certain influence in Party affairs training and Party member education.