石仲泉

Shi Zhongquan, born in May 1938 in Hong'an, Hubei Province, is a historian of the Communist Party of China and a research fellow. He formerly served as deputy director of the Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee, received a special government allowance from the State Council, and served as a chief expert in the Central Marxist Theory Research and Construction Project. He took part in the drafting group for the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China and presided over the compilation and revision of volumes one and two of The History of the Communist Party of China. His published works include My View of Party History. His writings focus mainly on Party history and political subjects, with elements of documentary literature and Marxist philosophy. The library holds three of his works: Mao Zedong and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Zhou Enlai and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and How a Master Is Tempered: Shi Zhongquan on Hu Sheng. His writing combines the study of historical sources with commentary on figures and is aimed at popularizing Party history for general readers.