[8][9] In the late 1980s, Wang Qishan served as an editorial board member of the book series.
[13] Toward the Future Series was once banned by the Chinese Government, and was suspended after only 74 copies (planned to publish 100).
[17] The series was quite popular when it was first published, and the People's Daily, the official media of Chinese Communist Party, also gave words of praise.
[18] Some Chinese academics criticized that the Editorial Board of Toward the Future Series had a very close relationship with the official Reformational Faction (改革派) of the CCP at that time.
Moreover, because of the emphasis on practical function and popularity, the series of books later gradually appeared to be shoddy, which affected its influence.