当代中国系列丛书：中国共产党与当代中国（英）

　　杨德山，法学博士，中国人民大学教授、博士生导师，党史党建教研室主任。主要研究方向为中国政党学说研究、当代中国政治研究。主持多项国家和省部级科研课题。主要论著有《中国共产党的政党学说》、《中国共产党与当代中国民主政治建设》等。　　
　　赵淑梅，法学博士，任教于中国人民大学，主要从事中共党史、党的建设等方面的教学与研究。参加多项省部级科研项目。著有《加强党的执政能力建设的制度保障》等。

Prof. Yang Deshan, LLD, doctoral supervisor and director of Teaching and Research Office for Party History and Construction at the Renmin University of China, is engaged in studying theories of China’s parties and contemporary Chinese politics. He has been in charge of state-level and ministerial research projects. His works include Theories of the CPC, The CPC and the Democratic Politics Development in Contemporary China (the 1st author).

Zhao Shumei, LLD and teacher at the Renmin University of China, is engaged in teaching and studying the history and building of the Communist Party of China. She attended ministerial and provincial research projects. Her works include Institutional Guarantee to Strengthen the CPC’s Governance Ability.

“当代中国”系列丛书重点向国外读者介绍中国道路、中国制度、中国思想、中国文化等，以满足国外读者了解当代中国国情的需要。编委会和作者队伍由来自当代中国研究所、中共中央党史研究室、北京大学、中国人民大学等机构的专家组成。丛书以鲜明的中国价值理念为理论基础，对外介绍当代中国的基本情况和中国特色社会主义发展道路。

执政中国的中国共产党已经走过了90多年的不凡历程。本书采用通俗易懂的语言，以当代中国的发展进程为背景，向读者介绍中国共产党在不同时期对世情、国情的科学判断，展现其引领全中国人民向着中华民族伟大复兴的方向大步前行的历史图景，考察其在推动中国经济、政治、文化、社会、生态等各方面发展进步中发挥的关键性作用，并介绍其自身建设和组织运作方式。

The Contemporary China Series focuses on introducing the ways, systems, thoughts and charm of China to foreign readers who are interested in contemporary situation of China. 

With impressive Chinese values as the theoretical basis, the eight-volume series, covering the overall strategies on the five construction aspects, namely, economy, politics, culture, society and ecological civilization, elaborated in the Report of the 18th CPC National Congress, gives a comprehensive introduction to the general situation of main fields of contemporary China and the socialist development road with Chinese characteristics, and establishes a good country image.   

Members of the editorial committee and authors are experts from the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, the Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee, Peking University and Renmin University of China etc.

The series’ targeted readership includes foreign adults who pay close attention to China’s status quo and future and hope to learn about the country, and extensive Chinese readers as well. The series can also serve as a reference book for foreign students who are learning Chinese language and culture to study China’s contemporary situation and development.

The Communist Party of China, the ruling party of the country, boasts an unordinary history of more than 90 years. Against the backdrop of China’s development progress, the book, in simple and popular words, describes the CPC’s scientific judgment to domestic and international situations at different periods, showcases the historic steps of the great rejuvenation of Chinese nation under the Party’s leadership, reviews the Party’s critical role in driving the country’s development in economy, politics, culture, society and ecology and introduces the Party’s self-improvement and organization mode.