Fang Hanqi is a Professor Emeritus of Journalism at Renmin University of China. He is dubbed as the "Father of China's Modern Journalism." He is the Director of Chinese Journalism Association, Honorary Chairman of Chinese Journalism History Association. He is the author of Newspaper in Ancient China, The Press History (1979), The Press History of Modern China (1981), Press and Journalist in the History (1991), The Great Newspaper and Journalist in the History of Journalism (2000).