Wu Yan (Professor, Beijing Normal University)

Professor of the School of Chinese Language and Literature of Beijing Normal University, Wu Yan has been a long-term science fiction author and researcher. His publications include the novels Exploring the Deep Soul (1994), In the Sixth Day—Life or Death (1996); the anthologies Exodus (2003) and Mouse Pad (2012); and the scholarly works Introduction to Science Fiction (2006), Theories and Frameworks of Science Fiction Studies (2008), and Critical Outlines of Science Fiction (2011).

Chen Qiufan (Science Fiction Writer)

Chen Qiufan is an amateur Science Fiction writer whose works have been translated into different languages and won multiple awards in China and overseas. His published works include: The Waste Tide, Thin Code, and the forthcoming Future Disease.