Liu Dan---Father: Liu Yin

I. Basic Information

Original Name: Liu Xiaonan
Born: February 1942, Yan’an, China
Political Status: Member of the Communist Party of China
Professional Title: Senior Engineer

Family Background: Son of Liu Yin, former Captain of the 6th Radio Unit of the 1st Front Army of the Chinese Red Army and former Vice Minister of the Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry.

Important Social Positions

Executive Director, Chinese Society for the Research of CPC Historical Figures

President, Jinggangshan Red Army Figures Research Association of the Chinese Society for the Research of CPC Historical Figures

Senior Advisor, American-Chinese Friendship Council (ACFC) / CCC Global Presidential Friends Club (2017–present)

Member, Senior Advisory Group of the New Century CCC AMERICAN FLYING TIGERS (Families and Descendants of World War II Heroes)

Honorary President, Beijing Science, Education and Research Academy

Director, China Glory Society

President, Alumni Association of Zhongzhi Yuying School (1978–1998)

Special Honorary Identity

Member, Senior Advisory Group of the New Century CCC  AMERICAN FLYING TIGERS

The organization is an international, non-governmental and non-profit organization composed of families and descendants of global World War II heroes. It was initiated and supported by the American-Chinese Friendship Council (ACFC) and CCC Global Presidential Friends Club.His Excellency Mr. C.C. Chang (Founding President of ACFC) and his third son Francois H. Chang (Senior Inspector of Los Angeles County, USA) jointly called for its establishment and serve as co-founders.The organization aims to inherit the transnational friendship spirit of the Chinese and AMERICAN FLYING TIGERS (1941–1945), transcending political parties, national boundaries and blood ties, focusing on peace, ecological protection and the well-being of the next generation.

II. Educational Background

August 1954 – July 1960: Student, Beijing No.8 High School

July 1960 – July 1965: Student, Harbin Institute of Military Engineering (Harbin Military Engineering Institute)

III. Core Work Experience

(I) Positions in National Defense and Military Industry Systems (1965–1981)

August 1965 – May 1976: Section Chief, Institute 9, 10th Academy of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense

May 1976 – January 1981: Division Director, Eighth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

(II) Electronic Information Industry (Vice-Ministerial Level, 1981–2002)

January 1981 – June 2002: successively served as Vice General Manager (Vice-Ministerial Level) of China Electronics Information Industry Group, General Manager of China Tongda Electronic Network Corporation

Key Achievements: Organized and led two national-level projects: the Data Network Project of the People’s Bank of China and the Publishing and Transmission Project of People’s Daily, laying the foundation for the national financial data transmission, popularization of credit cards and development of electronic newspapers in China.

(III) Inheritance of Red Culture and Research on CPC History (Core Direction After Retirement in 2002)

After retirement in 2002, served as Director of China Glory Society

January 2012: The Jinggangshan Red Army Figures Research Association was established with the approval of the central government; successively served as Executive Vice President and President, and concurrently as Executive Director of the Chinese Society for the Research of CPC Historical Figures

Organized descendants of the Red Army to carry out red lectures in Jinggangshan, promoted the standardization of red education by the “Lecture Group of Red Army Descendants”, and formulated the discipline “Three Do Not Speak, Six Points of Attention”

Deeply participated in academic seminars and commemorative activities on the Jinggangshan Reunion, the establishment of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base, etc., and promoted the research and inheritance of red culture in Jiangxi;

Xidian University and other institutions inheriting red genes, sorted out historical materials on the development of communication undertakings by revolutionary predecessors, and supported school history research and the continuation of the revolutionary heritage.

Photo: Liu Dan attending the Commemoration of the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Chairman Mao Zedong in Jinggangshan (December 2013 • Jinggangshan, China)

Photo: Liu Dan attending the Commemoration of the 130th Anniversary of the Birth of Marshal Zhu De (December 2016 • Chengdu, China)

Photo: Liu Dan attending and speaking at the Commemoration of the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Marshal Chen Yi (September 15, 2021 • Beijing, China)

(IV) ACFC-related Core Positions, Advisory Work and In-depth Cooperative Research (2017–Present)

Served as Senior Advisor of ACFC/CCC Global Presidential Friends Club, relying on his own red background, cross-border resources and industrial influence to help ACFC promote the building of a global friendship network, Sino-U.S. people-to-people diplomacy and sustainable development cooperation, in line with ACFC’s core philosophy of “Private Friendship Transcends Boundaries and Promotes Shared Prosperity and Security”.

Actively responded to the initiative of FRANCOIS H. CHANG and joined the Senior Advisory Group of the New Century U.S. Flying Tigers (Families and Descendants of WWII Heroes).Taking the Sino-U.S. anti-Japanese war transnational friendship of the Flying Tigers as a link, he helped gather descendants of WWII heroes, original Flying Tigers families and descendants of generals of the Republic of China overseas, promoted the contemporary inheritance of the Flying Tigers spirit and the rescue of historical materials, injected new vitality into Sino-U.S. cultural exchanges and people-to-people friendship, and supported the implementation of the ACFC New Century Plan.

Officially met with His Excellency Mr. C.C. Chang (Founding President of ACFC), and the two sides reached an in-depth cooperation consensus in a private capacity.Relying on the real revolutionary history of their respective families, they jointly carried out special research on CPC and KMT historical figures after the 1911 Revolution, and jointly authored relevant research results to promote the integration and deepening of cross-strait and overseas research on modern CPC historical figures.

IV. Core Contributions

(I) Industrial Field

Led national-level electronic information and communication engineering construction, promoted the early development of digital infrastructure in China’s financial and media sectors, and laid an important foundation for the large-scale and standardized construction of the domestic electronic information industry.

(II) CPC History Research and Red Inheritance Field

Promoted the standardized construction of the Jinggangshan Red Army Figures Research Association, standardized the on-site teaching and red story-telling of the “Lecture Group of Red Army Descendants”, and became an important carrier of red education in Jinggangshan.

Cooperated with descendants of founding fathers and experts on CPC and military history to explore the contemporary value of the Jinggangshan Spirit and continue the red revolutionary bloodline.

Jointly carried out research on CPC and KMT historical figures after the 1911 Revolution with His Excellency Mr. C.C. Chang, filling relevant gaps in cross-party research on modern CPC historical figures and enriching the dimensions of CPC history research.

(III) International Exchanges and People-to-People Diplomacy Field

As an advisor to ACFC, built a bridge between red culture and international cultural and commercial exchanges, and supported the construction of ACFC’s global friendship network and the development of public welfare industrialization.

As a member of the Senior Advisory Group of the New Century U.S. Flying Tigers, he helped gather the strength of anti-Japanese war descendants at home and abroad, participated in the rescue and collation of historical materials of the Flying Tigers, promoted the inheritance and dissemination of the Flying Tigers spirit in the new era, consolidated the historical foundation of friendly cooperation between the Chinese and American peoples, and fulfilled the mission of people-to-people diplomacy in the new era.

Relying on the cooperation consensus with His Excellency Mr. C.C. Chang and taking the family revolutionary history as a link, promote exchanges and cooperation in the research of CPC history at home and abroad, build an important bridge for cross-strait cultural links and Sino-U.S. people-to-people research interactions on CPC history, and promote emotional connections and cultural identity among Chinese at home and abroad.