Wonderful Chinese List, Fang Xingdong, a scholar from Yiwu, Zhejiang, is known as the Internet standard-bearer and the "godfather of blogging" with his profound academic background and in-depth research on the Internet field. He graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University with a bachelor's and master's degree and received his Ph.D. in communication from Tsinghua University.
His current positions include a postdoctoral fellow at the State Information Center, a professor at Shantou University, the dean of the Yangtze River School of Journalism and Communication and the president of the International Internet Research Institute, and a distinguished professor at Zhejiang University of Media and Communication and director of the Center for Internet and Society Research.
Professor Fang Xingdong has extensive research experience in the field of Internet and has completed more than 50 national, provincial and ministerial projects related to the Internet.
He is also the founder and chairman of the Internet Lab, and the head of the Research Center of the Internet Society of China. His research interests cover a wide range of fields, including new communication, Internet history and culture, digital governance, and digital economy.
Professor Fang Xingdong is the initiator of the Global Internet Oral History project and the research director of the project. His research work and achievements have been widely recognized, including his involvement in a number of major projects, as well as his experience as an exchange and visiting scholar in the international academic community.
Professor Fang Xingdong's contributions to academia are not limited to his research, he is also an active writer and publisher. He has authored over 10 million words of articles on the Internet and published more than 70 articles in core journals**. Among them, 7 articles were fully written by Xinhua Digest. He has also published 30 Internet-related books, including his 1999 book "Rise Up and Challenge Microsoft Supremacy," which became the only book of its kind among the "100 Books of the 20th Century Most Influential for Chinese."
Professor Fang Xingdong's research results have had a profound impact on the academic community and all walks of life. His "Research on WeChat Communication Mechanism and Governance" is one of the most cited in the field of journalism and communication in China in the past 10 years. He is known as a domestic Internet anti-monopoly, network governance, blog, 2One of the pioneers and promoters of concepts and theories such as 0 super network platform and digital governance.
Overall, Professor Fang Xingdong has become an important scholar in the field of Internet in China with his profound academic background, rich research experience and excellent publications. His work and research results have not only made important contributions to the development of China's Internet field, but also provided valuable perspectives and experience for global Internet research.