Zhang Tao, pen name, born in 1943, Tongwei, Gansu, professor of journalism in China, member of Chinese Writers Association. 1969 graduated from China Renmin university with a major in party history, and worked in Kuqa and Korla, Xinjiang for 8 years. 1978 was admitted to the graduate school of China Renmin university to study for a master's degree, 198 1 graduated with a master's degree in literature. After graduation, he stayed in Beijing and successively served as a lecturer at People's Police University of China and a professor at China Journalism College. He is the author of The People of China and the History of Chinese Journalism, The Historical Novel The People of China and The Romance of China (I, II), The Romance of the People's Liberation Army of China (I, II), The Romance of the Prosperous Age of China (I, II), The Romance of the Red Chamber and The History of Repentance Here-Read, Read. He has published more than 0/00 papers, such as The Origin of Fu Bao-On the Existence of Western Han Newspapers.