Zhu Yongxin is a professor at Soochow University, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Executive Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association, and a doctoral supervisor. He is a member of the “Ming Shi Tang” of the Yidan Prize, the president of the China Tao Xingzhi Research Association, the vice president of the China Institute of Education and Social Development, and a part-time professor at Peking University, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Tongji University, and other universities. He is also a co-founder of the New Education Initiative, the China Education 30 Forum, and the 21st Century Education Development Research Institute.

Zhu received his doctorate in management from Tongji University in 1996 and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Economics and Management of Fudan University from 1998 to 2000. He has been a visiting scholar or researcher in Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States. He has presided over more than ten research projects commissioned by UNESCO, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Foundation of China, and others, and has won many awards. He has published more than 300 education papers in academic journals in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and China. He has published more than 240 books and translations in various categories at home and abroad, with a series of original research results, especially in reading theory and teacher education theory. More than 20 of his books, including “Zhu Yongxin’s Educational Works,” have been translated into nearly 90 texts in 28 languages such as English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mongolian, Russian, Arabic, and Kazakh, making him the first person to export personal educational theoretical works of contemporary Chinese educators overseas.

Due to his unwavering pursuit of educational ideals and persistent actions, Professor Zhu has been selected for several prestigious international and domestic awards. He has been awarded the “Yidan Education Development Award,” which is considered the world’s largest education prize. He is also a recipient of the “IBBY Love Reading Personality Award” from the International Board on Books for Young People, a member of the “Yidan Award Mentors, ” a renowned “Contemporary Education Master” in China, a “National Reading Image Ambassador, ” the “Person of the Year for the Public Interest, ” the highest award for educational innovation in China, the “SERVE Award, ” the “China’s 60 Years of Education: 60 People” award, the “Top Ten Education Talents in China, ” the“Top Ten Reform Figures in China, ” and the “Top Ten Financial Intellects in China, ” among other well-known international and domestic accolades.

In 2000, Zhu initiated a new education initiative with the aim of “living a happy and complete education life,” which attracted more than 10,000 schools from all over the country to join the experiment, profoundly changing the educational concepts of nearly 10 million teachers and students. His educational ideas and research results have greatly promoted the development of China's education and international education exchanges.