Professor Zhang Hou'an is one of the earliest scholars to engage in political science research after China's reform and opening up,and he is also the founder and pioneer in the study of rural politics and rural governance research in China.Looking back on Professor Zhang's academic journey,he has guided the political science research from the top to the grassroots,established the research center for China's rural problems at Central China Normal University,and constructed a disciplinary system of rural political science with clear research objects,focuses,contents,methods,goals,as well as basi...