Chuanfu Chen, Advisor to the Academic Committee
Chuanfu Chen, male, a native of Guangshui, Hubei, is a Senior Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Wuhan University, and a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Information Management, Wuhan University. He entered the Library Science program of Wuhan University in September 1979, received his bachelor's degree in July 1983, his master's degree in July 1986, and his Doctor of Laws degree in July 2001. He became a professor in May 1993 and a Grade II professor in 2004. He served as Dean of the School of Information Management, Wuhan University (2005.4-2012.10). In June 2012 he became Director of the Office of Academic Affairs, and in September 2013 Dean of the Undergraduate School of Wuhan University. He is currently Dean of the Graduate School of Wuhan University.
Director of the Intellectual Property Advanced Research Center of Wuhan University and Research Fellow of the Center for Studies of Information Resources of Wuhan University. He also serves as Vice President of the Library Society of China, Vice President of the China Society of Social Science Information, Deputy Director of the Teaching Steering Committee for Library Science of the Ministry of Education, Deputy Director of the National Steering Committee for Master's Education in Library and Information Science, Deputy Director of the National Technical Committee for Library Standardization, member of the Committee for Academic Integrity of the Ministry of Education, and Standing Committee member of the Education and Training Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), among other posts. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal of Library Science in China" and an editorial board member of Library Management (UK) and other journals. In 2002 he was approved as a recipient of the State Council Special Government Allowance. He was selected for the Ministry of Education Funding Program for Outstanding Young Teachers. He was a Senior Research Scholar at the University of Washington from October 1994 to December 1996, and a Research Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, from March to August 2006.
He became a doctoral supervisor in 2001. Main specializations: information resources management; library development theory; intellectual property. Two doctoral dissertations supervised by him received nominations for the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award.
He has long been engaged in research in library science, information resources management and intellectual property. He has published several books and more than 100 academic papers in journals and at conferences in China and abroad, and has led more than 20 projects, including major projects of the National Social Science Fund of China and projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His research results were included in "Research Results Briefing" for reference by Party and state leaders, and related results were adopted and applied in projects such as the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL). His research has received awards including the First Prize of the Ministry of Education Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research in Higher Education Institutions, the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (recommended by the Ministry of Education), and the Second Prize of the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.
Research interests: information resources management; library development theory; intellectual property.
