Introduction to the Members of the CGCM Academic Committee

Chief Academic Expert of the Academic Committee: Gong Liang
Gong Liang is an honorary director of Nanjing Museum, an adjunct professor of Nanjing University and Nanjing University of the Arts, a research librarian, and a doctoral supervisor. He once served as a member of the leading Party group and deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, director of the Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, director of Nanjing Museum, vice president of the China Association for Conservation Technology of Cultural Heritage, and vice president of the Chinese Museums Association. Gong has authored 5 monographs, co-authored 6 books, edited over 50 treatises and exhibition catalogues, and published more than 140 professional papers. He is mainly engaged in the practice research in the conservation and utilization of cultural heritage, museum management, and museum exhibition practices. He once oversaw the completion of the Phase II renovation and expansion project of Nanjing Museum and the overall planning and implementation of exhibitions of the CGCM.

Members of the Academic Committee (Arranged in order of the number of strokes of their surnames)

Wang Qizhi

Wang Qizhi is the deputy director of Nanjing Museum, a second-level researcher, the executive director of the Chinese Museums Association, and the chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Wu Culture Society. He is recognized as a Young and Middle-Aged Academic Leader of “333 Project” in Jiangsu Province and a Jiangsu Provincial Zijin Cultural Talent. Wang has been engaged in archaeological research and museum management for a long time. He has overseen numerous archaeological excavation and site protection planning projects in the Jiangsu Province, including two projects listed in the annual “top 10 archaeological discoveries in China”. Wang Qizhi participated in the Phase II renovation and expansion project of Nanjing Museum, as well as in the planning and management of exhibitions at the new Nanjing Museum and the China Grand Canal Museum. With an academic focus on archaeology and museology, Mr. Wang has written and published many monographs and papers.

Zhang Xuefeng

Zhang Xuefeng was born in November 1962. In July 1985, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in archaeology from the School of History at Nanjing University. In June 1988, he completed his master’s degree in ancient Chinese history at the same institution and continued to work there as a faculty member. From April 1993 to March 2001, he pursued his doctoral studies at Kyoto University in Japan and earned a doctorate in literature (oriental history) from that university. Currently, Zhang serves as a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Archaeology and Cultural Relics at the School of History of Nanjing University. He also holds other roles, including as the vice president of the Historical Association of Wei-jin and Southern and Northern Dynasty of China, a director of the Tang Dynasty Institute of China, the executive vice president of the Jiangsu Provincial Association of Six Dynasties Research, a member of the Professional Committees on Archaeology from the Three Kingdoms to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, a director of the Nanjing Museum Administration, a member of the Expert Committee of the Nanjing Archaeological Research Institute, and a member of the Academic Committee of Suzhou Museum, as well as a visiting professor at Kyoto University. His research focus includes archaeological and historical studies in the Han and Tang Dynasties as well as the history of cultural exchanges in ancient East Asia. His major publications include The Eastern Jin Dynasty Culture, The History of Chinese Tombs, and Archaeological and Historical Studies of the Han and Tang Dynasties. He has published over 100 academic papers and translated more than 30 publications.

Wu Hongliang

Wu Hongnliang is currently a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the president of the Beijing Fine Art Academy, the deputy director and secretary-general of the Curatorial Committee of the China Artists Association, and the vice chairman of the Beijing Artists Association. Wu is also a research expert of Qi Baishi (a famous Chinese painter of the 19th and 20th centuries) and the art history of the 20^th century as well as an influential curator. In 2008, he participated in designing the opening and closing ceremonies and the public art project of the Beijing Olympic Games. Under his guidance, the Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy was listed as one of the first nine national key art museums. The research results published and the exhibitions launched by the Beijing Fine Art Academy have won more than ten national awards from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and other institutions for many consecutive years. Wu was one of curators who brought Qi Baishi’s art to various countries or regions such as Macau, Hungary, Japan, Liechtenstein, Greece, and Italy for display. He participated in organizing academic projects such as the “Curating in China” Forum and the International Forum of Qi Baishi’s Art. In 2016, Wu Hongliang was awarded the title of Outstanding Expert by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China. In 2019, he was appointed as the curator of the Chinese Pavilion at the 58^th Venice Biennale. In 2022, he served as the planning committee director of the global call for public art works of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. He had many papers published in professional journals such as the Literature & Art Studies, Art Magazine, Art Observation, and Art Research and published his monograph Yi Ye Zhi Qiu (literally means “knowing the arrival of autumn through a fallen leaf”).

Chen Ruijin

Chen Ruijin serves as the vice chairman of the Chinese Museums Association, deputy director of the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, and honorary director of Suzhou Museum, and research librarian. He graduated from the Department of History at Nanjing University with a major in archaeology. He has extensive experience in cultural heritage and museum work. His primary research areas include museum management and the identification of cultural relics. Chen was awarded the title of “Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contribution to Jiangsu” in 2014. During his time as director of Suzhou Museum, many exhibitions that he planned were honored with the National Top Ten Exhibition Awards. He also oversaw the planning, construction, and implementation of the Suzhou Museum West.

Zheng Jing

Zheng Jing holds the positions of secretary, director, and research librarian at the Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum. She is recognized as one of the "333 High-level Talents" in Jiangsu Province and serves as the executive director of the Jiangsu Provincial Museum Society. With a wealth of experience in museum public education, her primary research areas include museology and museum social education. Zheng has authored over ten papers on museum social education in provincial-level journals or above and has also published relevant monographs. She has led and contributed to the completion of numerous projects on museum education, children and young people’s museum education, cultural creativity, and more for institutions like the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) and the Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics. Her efforts have been centered on advancing the social services provided by museums. Recently, Zheng has overseen the NCHA’s project titled “Demonstration Project of Bringing Grand Canal Culture to Campus”. She also played a role in developing the NCHA’s industry standard Museum Audience Capacity Assessment Specifications. Additionally, Zheng successfully carried out the “Pilot Project for Improving the Educational Functions of Museums on Children and Young People” and established the “Jiangsu Provincial Museum Educational Project Repository.” In her public service research efforts, she is dedicated to exploring innovative methods to engage new audiences in the modern era. Her audience survey research has yielded significant progress and is poised to have a profound impact on museum exhibition audience surveys throughout China. She was involved in compiling and publishing books like the 2019 Nanjing Museum Audience Survey Report and The Story of the Grand Canal. Some of her notable papers include the “Museum Audience Survey, Analysis, and Exploration Based on Smart Guide” and “Exploration of the Application of Game-based Educational Models in Museums – A Case Study of the Youth Interactive Experience Exhibition ‘Grand Canal Mystery for a Ming Dynasty Water Supervisor’.”

Lin Liugen

Lin Liugen is a prominent figure in the liberal arts domain, serving as a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Art and Archaeology at Zhejiang University. Additionally, he holds the position of deputy director at the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the university. Lin Liugen also serves as the director of the Grand Canal Archaeology and Conservation Committee of the Society for Chinese Archaeology. Several projects in which he has participated have been honored with the National Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries Award, as well as the second and third prizes of the National Field Archaeology Award. From 1997 to 1999, Lin Liugen led the content display design of the Bronze Ware Hall at the Art Exhibition Hall of Nanjing Museum. His work on this project earned the “Top Ten National Exhibition Excellence Award in 1999” from the NCHA. The “Research on Bronze Wares of the Wu State” undertaken by Lin from 1998 to 1999 won the second prize for the Scientific and Technological Progress Award from the NCHA and the first prize for Scientific and Technological Progress Award from the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture in 2000. He has published more than 60 academic papers, including the “Discussion on the Origin and Ages of Engraved Bronze Wares of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty”, “Research on Bronze Wares of the Wu State in Southern Anhui by Ages”, “Discovery and Research on Architectural Ruins Related to Mound Tombs in Jiangnan”, and “Research on the Shapes of Large Mound Tombs in the Jiangnan Region”.

Xu Xingwu

Xu Xingwu, born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1964, holds a doctorate in literature and serves as a professor at Nanjing University. He currently holds the position of dean at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanjing University. Xu has previously been a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute and a visiting professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Additionally, he is a member of the National Editing, Publishing and Planning of Ancient Books leading group and a member of the Chinese Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education. His primary research focus is on Chinese classics, ancient Chinese literature, thoughts, and culture. He has written A Critical Biography of Liu Xiang, the Classics and Scriptures – The Thoughts and Systems of Classical Studies in the Han Dynasty, and the Dragon and Phoenix – The Characteristics, Structure and Spirit of Chinese Culture.

Wei Jun

Wen Jun is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Department of Cultural Heritage and Museology at Fudan University. He is an expert awarded with special allowance from the State Council and the leading talent of the national “Ten Thousands Talent Plan” in Philosophy and Social Sciences. He once served as director of the Underwater Archaeology Research Center of Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, deputy director of Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, and director/Party committee secretary of Guangdong Museum. Wei currently serves as a member of the Election and Nomination Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), and deputy director of the ICOM International Museum Research and Exchange Centre, etc. He has been honored with prestigious awards such as the Innovation Award from the Ministry of Culture, the first prize in the NCHA Science, Technology, and Innovation Award category, the top prize in the Field Archaeology Award, the Excellence Award and International and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Cooperation Award for the National Top Ten Museum Exhibition Promotion Event. Additionally, he has led 11 research topics at the provincial and ministerial levels, contributed to the editing of 28 books, and authored over 50 published papers.