Du Lei is the Deputy Director of the Reform and Opening-up History Research Center at Shenzhen University, an Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor, and Distinguished Researcher at the School of Marxism. He graduated from Renmin University of China and Peking University and primarily researches the history of the CPC and the history of reform and opening up. In recent years, he has led two National Social Science Fund projects, one Ministry of Education Social Science Fund project, and several provincial and municipal projects. He has published over 20 papers in CSSCI journals, including CPC History Studies, Journal of Dialectics of Nature, Studies in Science of Science, and Studies on Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping Theories. He received the Second Prize of the 2018 Guangdong Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award and was selected as a Youth Cultural Talent in the 2019 Guangdong "Special Support Plan."
Main Research Areas:
CPC history, history of reform and opening-up, and history of high-tech industry development.
Major Projects Led and Completed:
1. National Social Science Fund Project: "Historical Experience of CPC-Led Creation of the Electronic Information Industry after the Founding of the People's Republic of China (1949-1978)" (Project No. 23BDJ087).
2. National Social Science Fund Project: "The CPC's Exploration and Experience of Innovation in the Technological System Over Forty Years of Reform and Opening-Up" (Project No. 18BDJ071).
3. Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project: "The Path and Basic Experience of the CPC’s Technological Innovation Exploration" (Project No. 17JD710069).
4. Shenzhen Special Fund for the Development of Publicity and Cultural Undertakings: "Historical Logic and Evolution of the Pilot Demonstration Area of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics—A Study on the High-Tech Industry in the 40th Anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone" (Project No. ND-2022-00334).
5. Shenzhen Project: "The Shenzhen Experience and the Path of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics—A Study on High-Tech Industry Development" (Project No. SZ2018C011).
Published Monographs:
1. Research on the Establishment and Early Development of Zhongguancun Science Park (1978-1992), Social Sciences Academic Press, 2024.
2. The Concepts and Practices of Shenzhen’s Urban Civilization Construction in the New Era, China Social Sciences Press, 2022.
Major Academic Papers Published:
1. "Research on the Major Debates on the Response to the New Technological Revolution in the Early Period of Reform and Opening-Up (1983-1988)," CPC History Studies, 2018, Issue 6.
2. "Historical Examination of the Establishment Process of the ‘Integration of Science and Economy’ Policy—Discussion in the Early Reform and Opening-Up Period," Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2019, Issue 7.
3. "The Reform Exploration of Combining Science and Economy by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the 1980s," CPC History Studies, 2022, Issue 1.
And additional papers on the development of science and technology and economic integration.
Major Awards:
1. Second Prize of the 8th Guangdong Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award.
2. Third Prize of the 11th Shenzhen Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award.
Courses Taught:
1. Outline of Modern Chinese History (Undergraduate course)
2. Research on Reform, Opening-Up, and Special Zone Practices (Graduate course)
Professional Experience and Social Positions:
1. November 2, 2015 – November 30, 2019: Lecturer at the School of Marxism (School of Social Sciences), Shenzhen University.
2. December 1, 2019 – Present: Associate Professor at the School of Marxism (School of Social Sciences), Shenzhen University.
