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Xiao Jian, whose original name is Zhang Jianpeng and who also writes under the pen names Jian Peng and Lao Peng, graduated in 1991 from the Department of National Economic Management at Peking University. He is now a professional investor and freelance writer and has opened columns in several financial and economic newspapers and magazines. His writing spans management practice, urban history, personality and psychology, and business narrative, with 22 works held in the collection. Representative works include Master's Team Management Lessons, the Essential Management Systems and Forms Series, and Essential Procurement Management Systems and Forms, practical management books known for their systems, forms, and cases; Image-History-City: The Transformation and Remaking of Shenzhen since 1891 turns to urban history and photographic sources; Leap and Obsession: One Good Story Is All It Takes to Make Customers Buy concern personality analysis and business storytelling respectively. The Wisdom Collection, including The Ajar Door, which he co-compiled with Hu Zuqing, was a bestseller in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and twice won national-level book awards. His works are commonly classified under management, history, social science, and war and military fare, and are generally practical and operationally focused.