Lu Li'an

Lu Li'an (, born in 1968) is a scholar of British literature, professor at Fudan University, and president of the Shanghai Taiwan Compatriots Friendship Association. Born in Taiwan, she moved to mainland China in 1997 to teach at Fudan University in Shanghai and became a citizen of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Lu Li'an attended Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Girls' Senior High School.

Career

In 1997, Lu and her husband accepted an invitation from the to move to Shanghai as "experts returning to China to settle" (返国定居专家).

At the Communist Party's National Conference of Taiwan Province Party Members from 19 to 21 June 2017, Lu was one of ten delegates elected to represent Taiwan Province at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. She was the only delegate who was born and raised in Taiwan, the other nine being of Taiwanese descent but mainland born. She said she was "proud to be a daughter of Taiwan and proud to be Chinese", and argued that there is no contradiction between "loving Taiwan and loving the mainland". On 26 October, the Taiwanese government indicated that Lu and her son's ROC residency (戶籍) had been revoked (her husband's residency had already been revoked in 2015).

Lu received a 2017 "Touching China" (感动中国) award.

She was a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Partial bibliography Journal articles in Taiwan "What Is a 'Woman'?: Exploring Virginia Woolf's 'Professions for Women' and the Social-historical Implications of the 'Angel in the House' Image" , Sun Yat-sen Journal of Humanities, volume 30, pp. 217–234，January 2011.

Journal articles in mainland China 四位十九大党代表在研讨会上的发言摘编 ("Extracts from Seminar Lectures of Four Delegates to the 19th National Party Congress"), Modern Communication, issue 1, 2018 (with Jing Haipeng, Zhou Yu, and Meng Xiangfei). 一堂难忘的党课 ("An Unforgettable Party Lecture"), Shanghai Education, volume 33, 2017. 从〈孤寂深渊〉与〈奥兰多〉浅探20世纪初期英国的性别空间创建 ("Exploring the Construction of Gender Space in Early 20th Century Britain through The Well of Loneliness and Orlando"), Social Science Research, issue 1, 2014 (with Bao Ying). 〈哈姆莱特〉的历史问题:〈哈姆莱特〉与现代早期英格兰的政治性别关联 ("The Historical Problem of Hamlet: Connections between Hamlet and Political Gender Relations in Early Modern England")，Foreign Literature Review, issue 3, 2013. "Revamping Robinson Crusoe", English and American Literary Studies, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2007. 一个解构性的镶嵌混成:〈仇敌〉与笛福小说 ("A Deconstructive Mosaic: Foe and Defoe's Novel"), Contemporary Foreign Literature, issue 4, 2004 (with Duan Feng).

Translations The Art of Fiction by David Lodge, translated as 小说的艺术. Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2010. "The Grief of Strangers" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, translated as 陌生人的悲伤, 2007.