Zhenjun Liu is a Chinese artist, illustrator, and producer of children’s books, best known for his works of children’s illustration.
- Member of the Selection and Recommendation Review Committee for Children’s Picture Books, Ministry of Education, China, 2021
- Final Judge for the Illustration Group in the “My Book House, My Dream” Children’s Writing and Drawing Competition, jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Publicity, China, from 2017 to 2021
- In June 2022, invited by the Curriculum and Textbook Research Institute of the Ministry of Education, served as a member of the expert panel for reviewing textbook illustrations.
Awards and commendations
A Flying Bullet (text author:Bai Bing)
- Best Picture Books of 2019 Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award
- Listed in the prestigious “White Ravens” catalog in 2018
- Illustrations selected for the “2018 Bologna International Children’s Book Fair China Original Illustration Exhibition”
- Published in Turkish
Dingding and Dangdang series(text author: Cao Wenxuan)
- Dingding and Dangdang series follows the lives of two brothers with Downs Syndrome living in a small rural Chinese village. This series was selected as one of IBBY’s Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2015.
- China Publishing Association’s “5th China Excellent Publications Award”
- China Writers Association’s “9th National Excellent Children’s Literature Award”
- Selected for the “2013 Annual China Good Books” by CCTV and China Book Review Society
- Listed in the General Administration of Press and Publication’s “Top 100 Recommended Books for Young People Nationwide”
- One of the Top 10 Excellent Chinese Original Children’s Books on Dangdang.com (2006-2012)
- Illustrations selected for the “2014 China and Foreign Excellent Children’s Illustration Joint Exhibition” by China Children’s Press and Publication Group and the Bratislava Biennial of Illustrations
- Published in Hebrew and Arabic by an Israeli publisher
Beautiful China-Starting from Hometown / Anhui is Talking(text author: Wang Yimei)
- Winner of the “5th China Government Publishing Award” China’s highest publishing award, in 2021
- Winner of the “8th China Excellent Publications Award”
Sister Slope(text author:Lu Mei)
- Winner of the “2021 Bing Xin Children’s Book Award” for Picture Books