11 Facts About Hu Shuli

Hu Shuli is the founder and publisher of Caixin Media.

Hu Shuli is the professor of the School of Journalism and Communication at Sun Yat-sen University and the adjunct professor of the School of Journalism and Communication at Renmin University of China.

Hu Shuli's grandfather, Hu Zhongchi, was a translator and editor at Shen Bao and his older brother Hu Yuzhi, "an early proponent of language reform, the use of Esperanto, and realism in literature," was involved in editing and publishing.

Hu Shuli's mother, Hu Lingsheng, was a senior editor at Workers' Daily.

Hu Shuli studied development economics as a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in 1994.

Hu Shuli joined China Business Times in 1992 as international editor and became chief reporter in 1995, resigning in 1998 to start Caijing.

Hu Shuli is author of several books, including New Financial Time, Reform Bears No Romance and The Scenes Behind American Newspapers.

Hu Shuli was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford in 1994.

Hu Shuli was awarded the 2003 International Editor of the Year by the World Press Review and the 2007 Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University.

Hu Shuli was the founder of Caijing magazine in 1998.

In November 2009, Hu Shuli resigned from Caijing along with 90 percent of Caijing's journalists, barely a few weeks after the resignation of Daphne Wu Chuanhui and nearly 70 employees from the business department, and created the breakthrough new media group, Caixin Media and acted as editor-in-chief.