Li Peilin is Director of Academic Division of Social, Political and Legal Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Studies. He received his master’s degree from Université de Lyon in 1984 and Ph.D. from Paris-Sorbonne in 1987. He has published extensively on sociology in China, and his major works include Social Stratification in China, Social Conflict and Class Consciousness, Social Transformation and Chinese Experiences.