Yu Dan

Yu Dan (June 28, 1965 -), a native of Beijing, originally from Yuyao, Zhejiang, has a master's degree in ancient Chinese literature and a doctorate in film and television. He is the assistant to the dean of the School of Art and Media of Beijing Normal University, the director of the film and television media department, and a master's tutor. He studied at Beijing No. 4 Middle School, his undergraduate degree at Beijing Vocational and Technical Normal College (now Beijing Union University), and his master's and doctoral degree at Beijing Normal University. He is currently a member of the China Television Artists Association, secretary-general of the University Art Committee of the China Television Association, a special researcher of the China Television Association Theoretical Research Society, a visiting researcher of the China Central Television Research Office, the China Journalism Research Society, the China Radio and Television Society Host Research Society, the standing judge of the Legal Program Committee of the China Radio and Television Society, and the chief consultant of the Australian News Corporation. Currently, he is the chief planning consultant of Beijing Television Station and regularly teaches in the graduate class of television studies at the School of Broadcasting, Beijing Normal University. His father is Yu Lian, deputy general manager of Zhonghua Book Company. In 2009, "Yu Dan's Insights on "The Analects of Confucius"" was selected into the "600 Most Influential Books in China in the 60 Years of New China" jointly sponsored by the China Booksellers Newspaper and the China Publishing Science Institute.