Peijun Duan is a senior professor of philosophy and strategy study at the Central Party School in China. He is dean of the teaching-research section of strategy study; executive director of the Research Center for Social Development; and the deputy director of the academic committee of the School’s philosophy department. His work includes training Chinese government officials and entrepreneurs. As a guest professor at the National Academy of Education Administration, his work includes training university presidents of China. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy at Peking University. His current research focuses on social science methodology, strategy theory, and development strategy in China. He has written several books, including Methodological Individualism in the Paralogic Perspective of Social Science, and published over a hundred papers about strategy and philosophy.