Anlun Wan, Doctor of Literature, is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Beijing Normal University (BNU), China.

Prof. Wan has several directorial roles, including the following:

· Director of the Convergence Media Laboratory for Digital Publishing and Digital Humanities in the Ministry of Education (MOE) (supported by the Department of Higher Education);

· Director of BNU’s Research Centre for Digital Publishing and Digital Humanities;

· Director of the Research Centre for International Communication of Publishing and Printing;

· Director of the Beijing Research Centre for Civilization & Etiquette (led by Beijing Municipal Committee for Development Spiritual Civilization ). 

He is a part-time professor in the School of History of BNU and of the Communication University of China; and is a visiting professor of BNU’s Beijing Cultural Development Research Institute. Prof. Wan’s expertise allows him to contribute to many influential bodies. He is:

· An expert in the think tank of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC (Communist Party of China);

· An evaluation expert for the National Social Science Foundation (NSSF) project and Post-funded project of NSSF, and

· An expert evaluator of Yangtze River Scholar Professor Appointment of the MOE.

Prof. Wan is a special contributor to several media outlets, including People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, China Central Television Station (CCTV), and Beijing Daily. His knowledge and expertise have also been recognized in academia.  In September 2014, Prof Wan’s monograph ‘Virtue Illuminating Life: Patriotic Chapter’ received the Best Works Award Conferred by the Publicity Department of the CPC; another monograph ‘History of Chinese and Foreign Publishing’ awarded honour on ‘A presentation to the 19th Session of National Congress of the CPC’ in September 2017 .  He was included in “the ten most popular teachers for Postgraduates in BNU” in September 2019, and in November 2020, his MOOC on the History of Chinese and Foreign Publishing was rated “The first session of national first class undergraduate course”. 

He had several former positions, including the following:

· Deputy chief editor of Chinese Talents semimonthly magazine;

· Assistant to executive dean of BNU’s Beijing Cultural Development Research Institute;

· Vice dean of BNU’s Publishing Science Research Institute;

· Executive director of BNU’s Education Training Center, and

· One of the three members of preparatory team for setting up the School of Journalism and Communication at BNU.  

Digital Publishing,Digital Humanities, Publishing History, Media Convergence, Traditional Culture, Regional Culture, Civilization & Etiquette, Reward Mechanism in Chinese Literature.

Introduction to Digital Publishing, Digital Publishing Research, History of Chinese and Foreign Counties in Editing & Publishing, History of Foreign Countries in Publishing, Publishing Original Works & Frontier Research, Omnimedia Planing & Reporting, Special Research on Modern & Contemporary Chinese Literature. 

Recent Publications (* has published more than 100 papers )

Wan A L, Dou F, Huang J W. The Circumstances, Characteristics and Values of Red Publishing in Central Soviet Area[J]. China Publishing Journal, 2021(08):8-13. (CSSCI)

Wan A L, Huang J W, Cao P P. Reconsideration of Publishing and Publishing Discipline[J]. Publishing Journal, 2021,29(02):5-13. (CSSCI)

Wang G Y, Wan A L, Song J G. On Strengthening the Development of Publishing Discipline Under the Background of New Liberal Arts[J]. Publishing Research,2021(02):12-18. (CSSCI)

Wan A L, Liu H B. On the Symbolic Shift of Virtual Publishing Communication[J].Publishing Research, 2020(11):38-43. (CSSCI)  (*Full text reprint by Publishing Industry collected in China Social Science Excellence on the 3^rd issue in 2021)

Wan A L, Liu H B. The Historical Foundation,Theoretical Value and Practical Approach for Developing Publishing Discipline System with Chinese Characteristics[J].China Publishing Journal, 2020 (12):18-23. (CSSCI)

Wan A L, Pang M H. A Comparative Study for Developing Publishing Discipline System with Chinese Characteristics[J]. Science-Technology & Publication, 2020(06):5-14. (CSSCI)

Wan A L, Cao J J, Cao J H. An Exploration Research on the Theoretical Logic and Structural Paradigm of Publishing Discipline[J]. Publishing Research, 2018(04):20-24. (CSSCI)

Wan A L, Huang J W. Discussion of Digital Humanities and Digital Publishing[J]. Print Culture (In English & Chinese), 2020(01):123-130.

Wan A L, Liu H B. The Approaches, Characteristics and Future Prospects on Chinese Publishing Industry in “Going Out” at the 70^th Anniversary of the Founding of PRC[J]. Publishing Research, 2019(12):21-25. (CSSCI)

Wan A L, Huang J W. The Characteristics and Values of Theme Publishing[J]. Editorial Friend,2019(10):33-37. (CSSCI)

Wan A L, Liu H B. The Main Achievements and General Characteristics of Chinese Publishing Industry at the 70^th Anniversary of the Founding of PRC[J]. China Publishing Journal,2019(14):29-34. (CSSCI)  (* Full text reprint by Xinhua Wenzhai in October of 2019 )

Cao J J, Wan A L. “Technical Decision”or “Content Guidance”?: A New Probe into the Motivation of Modern Transformation of China’s Publishing Industry[J]. Publishing Research,2018(11):100-106. (CSSCI)  (*Full text reprint by Publishing Industry collected in China Social Science Excellence on the 3^rd issue in 2019)

Wan A L, Zhao M Y, Lu X S. Discussion of Xinjiang’s Historical Contributions to the Development and Dissemination of Chinese Printing[J]. Chinese Editors Journal,2016(06):73-76. (CSSCI)  (*Full text reprint by Publishing Industry collected in China Social Science Excellence on the 2^nd issue in 2017)

Recent Monographs (*has published more than 70 Monographs)

Wan A L. The Glorious Publishing History of the PRC[M]. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2021.  

Wan A L. A Brief History of Chinese and Foreign Publishing [M]. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group, 2021.

Wan A L, Lv J S. Introduction to Digital Publishing [M]. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group, 2018.

Wan A L. Original Works Selected Reading on Publishing in China and Foreign Countries (China) [M]. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group, 2019.

Wan A L. Original Works Selected Reading on Publishing in China and Foreign Countries (Foreign Countries) [M]. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group, 2019.

Wan A L. History of Chinese and Foreign Publishing [M]. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2019.  (*Awarded Honour on “A presentation to the 19th Session of National Congress of the CPC”)

Wan A L. Research on Digital Publishing [M]. Beijing: Publishing Group pf Communication University of China, 2017.

Wan A L. Beijing’s Essence Literary Works [M]. Beijing:Beijing Daily Press, 2021.

Wan A L. Reward History of Chinese Literature [M]. Beijing: Beijing Publishing Group, 2013.

Wan A L, Feng J J. Virtue Illuminating Life: Patriotic Chapter [M]. Shijiazhuang: Hebei Publishing Group, 2012.  (*Got the Best Works Award Conferred by Publicity Department of the CPC in 2014)

Wan A L. Research on Incentive Mechanism of Chinese Literature in Twentieth Century [M]. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group, 2012.

Research on the Important Thoughts of President Xi Jinping about Internet Power. Granted by the National High-end Think Tank Project in 2021. (Principal Investigator)  

Research on the Comprehensive Network Low-enforcement System Fitting to Network Communications. Granted by the National High-end Think Tank Project in 2020.  (Principal Investigator)  

Research on the Integrated Development of Publishing & Media Group in Strengthening and Optimizing Mainstream Business and Developing Diversified Business. Granted by the Publicity Department of the CPC in 2019.  (Principal Investigator)  

Research on the Thoughts of Marxism Classical Writer’s and CPC Main Leaders about Cultural Security (Approval No.19@ZH032). Granted by the National Social Science Fund of China. (Principal Investigator) 

Research on the Digital Transition Process of China’s Economic Sociology (Approval No.2018-14).  Granted by the National High-end Think Tank Project from National Office for Philosophy and Social Science in 2018. (Principal Investigator)

Research on the Behavior Norms of Civilized Service and Travel of High Speed Railway (Approval No.2018F021).  Granted by China Railway in 2018. (Principal Investigator)  

Research on the Network Ideological Risks and Early-Warning Mechanism (Approval No. KT201804).  Granted by Cyberspace Administration of China in 2018. (Principal Investigator)  

Research on the Communication and Influence of Chinese Paper-making and Printing on One Belt and One Road (Approval No.17BXW046).  Granted by the National Social Science Fund of China in 2017. (Principal Investigator)  

Research on the Creative Transformation and Innovative Development of Chinese Traditional Festival Culture. Granted by General Office of CPC Beijing Committee in 2016. (Principal Investigator)