Zhongying Shi, PhD, is Professor of the Institute of Education, Tsinghua University. His research interests mainly focus on issues of basic education, values education, teacher education and higher education from the perspective of philosophy. He is the President of Philosophy of Education Society in China (PESC). His published books include The Cultural Characteristics of Pedagogy (1999), Knowledge Transformation and Education Reform (Chinese version, 2001), Philosophy of Education (2008), Crossing the Gap between High Schools and Universities (2016), and Walking Through the Jungles of Education Conceptions (2019).