Li Peilin is a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Professor of sociology, and Director of the editorial board of Sociological Studies. He is the author of Transformation of Social Structure in China: A Sociological Analysis of Economic Reform (1995), The Demise of a Village (2004), Another Invisible Hand: Transformation of Social Structure (2005), Ten Lectures on Harmonious Society (2006), Selected Essays by Li Peilin (2008), Social Transformation and the Chinese Experience (2013), Social Reform and Social Governance (2014). He is also the editor of the annual blue book Society of China: Analysis and Forecast.