Liu Jintian

Liu Jintian was born in 1959 in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, and graduated from the Department of History at Nanjing University. He served as director of the Research Management Department and as a researcher at the Party Literature Research Center of the CPC Central Committee, and he receives a special government allowance from the State Council. He has long been engaged in research on the history of the Communist Party of China and participated in compiling major works such as the Chronicle of Deng Xiaoping and the Biography of Deng Xiaoping, building a solid foundation in historical sources on Deng Xiaoping's life and thought. His books focus on Deng Xiaoping's political career and historical contributions, spanning biography and documentary literature, and often approach their subject through specific angles such as political conviction, pivotal years, and photographs. He has published nine related works. His writing is grounded in historical fact and measured in tone, offering general readers a reliable introduction to Deng Xiaoping and the course of China's reform and opening up.