Dr. Hongyu Zhou is a Professor at the School of Education, Central China Normal University and concurrently a Professor at Beijing Normal University, Nanjing University and Wuhan University. He has served on several national advisory boards and committees, and is a reviewer for the education discipline of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council; the Vice President of the National Society of Local Education History and the Education History Branch of the Chinese Education Society, and the Executive Vice President of the Tao Xingzhi Research Association in China. He has published over 100 journal articles and 15 books, and has been awarded over 10 first and second prizes by the Ministry of Education and by the Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of Hubei Province. He is recognized as one of the most influential persons contributing to China's education development since the reform and opening up policy was adopted 40 years ago.