Ai Silin, Ph.D. in Philosophy and Professor, is the Dean of the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Institute at Tsinghua University.

Chief Expert of the Central Marxist Theory Research and Construction Project, Member and Secretary-General of the Marxist Theory Discipline Evaluation Group of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, Director of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Higher Education Institutions under the Ministry of Education, Director of the Teaching Guidance Committee for "Basic Principles of Marxism", Vice Chairman of the National Association for Marxist Theory Studies in Higher Education Institutions, Expert of the National Social Science Fund Review Panel, Expert of the National Publishing Fund Review Panel, Vice President of the China Society for Scientific Socialism, Vice President of the China Historical Materialism Society. Director of the Editorial Committee for the Ministry of Education's compilation of "Student Reader on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" (5 volumes for primary, secondary, and higher education), Editor-in-Chief of "Research on Marxist Theory in Higher Education Institutions", "Annual Development Report on Marxist Theory in Higher Education Institutions", and "Annual Development Report on Marxist Theory and Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Beijing Higher Education Institutions". Member of the Central Propaganda Team for the Spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Member of the Propaganda Team for the Spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China under the Ministry of Education, National Cadre Education and Training Expert of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, and Guest Speaker for the CCTV Special Programs "Approaching Xi Jinping Through His Words" and "Approaching Xi Jinping Through His Words: Xi Jinping's Favorite Allusions".