The Dean of School of Communication and Design Hu Shuli was Awarded the Title of 100 Most Influential People in the World by The Time Magazine

Article Resource: School of Communication and Design

Writer: Caixin Online

Lady Hu Shuli, the dean of School of Communication and Design and the chief editor of Caixin Online won the title of the 100 most influential people in the world in the annual list released by The US weekly magazine Time on the evening of April 21th.

The comment of The Time weekly said, “Hu Shuli found Caixin Online Media in 2009 and now has developed it as a paragon of Chinese outstanding news report.” Under the leadership of Hu Shuli, Caixin Online sticks to the spirit of professionalism while provides objective, promptly reports and in-depth, professional reviews and commits itself to recording, promoting and guiding Chinese market economy development and its reform process. Special column “Caixin Observation”, in the New Era of Caixin online, which was edited by her has focused on trends of reform and commented on public policy with independent stance and unique viewpoints, which contributes to China’s further opening. The chief editor of Harvard Business Review Adi Ignatius mentioned in his comment written for The Time his question to Hu Shuli that what was essential for writing an excellent report, and Hu’s answer was, "Stick to the dream; do it intelligently; and never give up.”

Hu Shuli won international reputation with her independent thinking of Chinese society and continuous enlargement of public opinion space. In the year of 2009 and 2010, she was awarded as one of the 100 Global Thinkers twice by American Foreign Policy magazine.

Recently, Hu Shuli won the Yearly Book of the second China Book Power List with her book Shuli’s Observation—Genuine Problems of China in This Decade.