Pan Suiming (; born 1950) is a Chinese sexologist and professor at the

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC; ) is a national key public research university in Beijing, China. The university is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. ...

who has taught

sexology Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists ap ...

for more than 30 years. He is hailed as "the First Person in Sexology in China".

Early life

Pan was born in 1950 to an official family. At the age of 9, his father was classified as right winger and suffered unfair treatment. In 1966,

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launched the ten-year

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, Pan became a

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at a

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province.

Education

Pan attended

Northeast Normal University Northeast Normal University (; often abbreviated NENU or ) is one of the six national normal universities in the People's Republic of China, located in Changchun, Jilin province. The university was ranked number 37 in the comprehensive ranki ...

, where he majored in

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Career

Pan was assigned to the

as a teacher. In 1985 he began to teach sexual sociology. Pan's first book, ''Mysterious Fire: Sociological History of Sex'', was published in 1988. He founded the Institute for Research on Sexuality and Gender at the Renmin University in 1991. He was a visiting scholar at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

(1993–1993) and

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(1994–1995). He is one of the pioneers in researching and teaching sexology in China and a published author.

Personal life

Pan is married and has a daughter.

Works

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Papers

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References

External links

Pan's Sina Blog
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