Zhang Ping

Zhang Ping, born in Xi'an in November 1954 with ancestral roots in Xinjiang, Shanxi, is a contemporary writer who began publishing in 1981. He formerly served as vice chairman of the China Writers Association and vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and is known as a "people's writer." His works often focus on real social and public life. Representative works include Tianwang, Jueze, Ambush from Ten Sides, and State Cadres, and his novel Jueze won the fifth Mao Dun Literature Prize. The library holds 15 of his works, spanning law, social fiction, examinations, finance, social culture, and computers. These include legal practice and textbook titles such as Understanding and Applying the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China with Case Commentary and Intellectual Property Law, as well as socially themed fiction such as Guardians of Life and Death. He also follows frontier issues such as open-source software and cyber law, reflecting a dual engagement with literary creation and legal research.