Professor Li Chongfu, male and from the Han ethnic group, born in September 1943, is a native of Ezhou, Hubei Province and a member of the Communist Party of China. In July 1981 he graduated from the department of philosophy of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is a professor and PhD student advisor of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a member of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Literature Study Committee, and the president of the Chinese Society of Historical Materialism. His academic expertise is in Marxist Philosophy and Scientific Socialism. Since 1998, he has enjoyed a special allowance awarded by the State Council.

　　Editor: Zhou Miao