Born in August 1967, Jin Minqing (male, Han ethnicity) is a research fellow and doctoral supervisor with a Ph.D. degree in philosophy. As a member of the Communist Party of China, he is now a member of the leading Party members’ group at CASS and director general of the Institute of Contemporary China Studies at CASS. His research mainly focuses on Marxist theory, Mao Zedong Thought and the life of Mao Zedong, the history of the Communist Party of China, and the history of the People’s Republic of China.