Xie Mian

Xie Mian (born 6 January 1932) is a contemporary Chinese writer and literary scholar based in Beijing. His piece "People that Read are Happy People" included in his 1997 book Eternal Campus (永远的校园) and originally published in the July 19, 1995 edition of the China Reader's Report (中华读书报) is one of the potential reading selections for Putonghua Proficiency Test test-takers.