Editing Hu Shuli (section)

==Early life==
Hu Shuli was born in [[Beijing]]. Her grandfather, Hu Zhongchi, was a translator and editor at ''[[Shen Bao]]'' and his older brother [[Hu Yuzhi]] (1896–1986), "an early proponent of language reform, the use of [[Esperanto]], and [[Literary realism|realism]] in literature," was involved in editing and publishing.<ref>Kirk A. Denton, ''Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature, 1893-1945'' (Stanford University Press, 1996: {{ISBN|0-8047-2559-4}}), p. 500.</ref> Her mother, Hu Lingsheng, was a senior editor at ''[[Workers' Daily]]''. Her father, Cao Qifeng, had a midlevel post in a trade union. Hu also has an older sister named Cao Zuoya (曹佐雅), who studied in [[San Diego State University]].<ref name="shangyu">{{Cite web |title=胡愈之与春晖，上虞新闻网，2010-03-22 |url=http://synews.zjol.com.cn/synews/system/2010/03/22/011948902.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302125117/http://synews.zjol.com.cn/synews/system/2010/03/22/011948902.shtml |archive-date=2020-03-02 |access-date=2015-03-30 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Hu Shuli attended Beijing's prestigious [[Beijing 101 Middle School|101 Middle School]]. When college classes resumed in 1978, she won entrance to the [[Renmin University of China]] ([[People's University of China]]), from which she graduated in journalism in 1982. She studied development economics as a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in 1994. In 2002, she earned an EMBA through a joint program between Fordham University and the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University.