Wu Hongliang is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), 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 20th 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 58th 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”).