Professor Young Nam Cho has been a professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University since 2002. He graduated from the Department of Asian History at Seoul National University and received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the Department of Political Science. He served as a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Chinese Studies (当代中国国情研究中心), Peking University (1997-98), a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Political Science, Nankai University (2001-02), and a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute (燕京社) (2006-07). His research achievements include 18 books such as China’s Crisis Response Policy (2024), China’s Governance System 1·2 (2022), China’s Elite Politics (2019), Reform and Opening / Factions and Struggles / The Tiananmen Incident (a trilogy on China during the Deng Xiaoping era) (2016), and Local People’s Congresses in China (2009), as well as more than one hundred academic papers. He has received several awards including the Seoul National University Research Award (2007), the NEAR Foundation Academic Award (2008), and the Academic Award from the Korean Political Science Association (2020).
[In English]
- Local People’s Congresses in China: Development and Transition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
[In Korean]
China’s Crisis Response Policy: People’s War against Coronavirus (중국의 위기 대응 정책: 코로나와의 인민 전쟁). Paju: 21th Books, 2024.
- China’s Governing System 2: Party Control Mechanism (중국의 통치체제 2: 공산당 통제기제). Paju: 21th Books, 2022.
- China’s Governing System 1: Party Leadership System (중국의 통치체제 1: 공산당 영도체제). Paju: 21th Books, 2022.
- China’s Elite Politics: From Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping (중국의 엘리트 정치: 마오쩌둥에서 시진핑까지). Seoul: Minumsa, 2019.
- Reform and Opening-Up: China in the Deng Xiaoping Era I (1976-1982) (개혁과 개방: 덩샤오핑 시대의 중국 1, 1976-1982). Seoul: Minumsa, 2016.
- Factions and Struggle: China in the Deng Xiaoping Era II (1983-1987) (파벌과 투쟁: 덩샤오핑 시대의 중국 2, 1983-1987). Seoul: Minumsa, 2016.
- Tiananmen Incident: China in the Deng Xiaoping Era III (1988-1992) (톈안먼 사건: 덩샤오핑 시대의 중국 3, 1988-1992). Seoul: Minumsa, 2016.
- Chinese Dream: Xi Jinping Leadership and China’s Future (중국의 꿈: 시진핑 리더십과 중국의 미래). Seoul: Minumsa, 2013.
- Let’s Dance with the Dragon: Understanding China from Korean Perspective (용과 춤을 추자: 한국의 눈으로 중국 읽기). Seoul: Minumsa, 2012.
- China’s Rule of Law and Political Reform (중국의 법치와 정치개혁). Paju: Changbi, 2012.
- Judicial Reform in China (중국의 법원 개혁). Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2012.
- Law Dissemination Campaign in China (중국의 법률 보급 운동). Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2012.
- China’s Democracy: The Intra-Party Democracy of the CCP (중국의 민주주의: 공산당의 당내 민주주의 연구). Paju: Nanam, 2011 (co-author).
- China’ Road in the 21st Century (21세기 중국이 가는 길). Paju: Nanam, 2009.
- Development of Legislative Politics in China (중국 의회 정치의 발전). Seoul: Politeia, 2006.
- China’s Politics in the Hu Jintao Era (후진타오 시대의 중국 정치). Paju: Nanam, 2006.
- China’s Political Reforms and the National People’s Congress (중국의 정치개혁과 전국인대). Seoul: Nanam, 2000
