Xu Wenli (Chinese: 徐文立) (born on July 9, 1943), is from Anqing, located in the Southeastern province of Anhui, China. As one of the leaders of the China Democracy Party, Xu organized and participated in the Democracy Wall movement and acted as the chief editor for the journal April Fifth Forum. Xu was twice arrested by the Chinese government and sentenced to a total of 28 years in jail, of which he served 16. His work won him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. After his exile to the United States on December 24, 2002, Xu received an honorary doctorate degree from Brown University, and has since worked there at the Watson Institute for International Studies as a senior research fellow.