Adhering to the Criterion of Practice, Regaining an Understanding of Socialism

Hu Fuming was born in Wuxi county, Jiangsu Province. In 1958 he graduated from the Journalism Department at Beida and in 1961 received a graduate degree in philosophy from People's University. Later he became an associate dean and associate professor in the Department of Politics and Philosophy. Afterwards, he worked in the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu provincial Party committee. He's currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Party Committee, and president and professor at the Jiangsu Provincial Party School. He also helped draft the editorial, under the title of special commentator, "Practice is the sole criterion of truth," published on May 11, 1978, in Enlightenment Daily.