Wang Zhong, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Dean of the Urban  Design and Innovation Institute, CAFA, Director of the Public Art Research Center China (PARCC),  a member of the Expert Advisory Panel of the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, Deputy  Director of the National Urban Sculpture Art Committee, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Urban  Sculpture Artist Association, Vice Chairman of the China National Interior Decoration Association  (CIDA), Director of the Art Display & Decoration Committee of China (ADCC), Vice Chairman  of China National Arts and Crafts Society, Vice Chairman of China Construction Culture and Art  Association (CCCAA), Chairman of the Public Art Committee at CCCAA, a member of Kinetic Art  Organization, and Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific Designers Federation.

Professor Wang has won national-level art awards ranging from the Outstanding Contribution Award  of China’s Environment Art, the Xu Beihong Award of Sculpture in China, and the Achievement  Award of New China Urban Sculptures over the Past 60 Years. Also, multiple significant art awards  have been presented to him, including the 20-Year Contribution Award by China’s Professional  Committee of Sculpture, the Award for Judges at “Liu Kaiqu Award” International Sculpture  Exhibition, and the Artist of Life at the Art Display China Crystal Kylin Awards. Besides, “Star  River,” the sculpture for the Guanggu Complex of Wuhan, China, and he was awarded the “Ingenuity  Prize” of China’s Top 100 Public Art Projects Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the  People’s Republic of China. His works have been put on display at crucial exhibitions both at home  and abroad, such as the Beijing International Art Biennale, China (BIAB), the Chinese Contemporary  Sculpture Exhibition in Paris, and China’s Contemporary Sculpture & Art Installation Exhibition in  the US.

Professor Wang’s achievements can also be seen in his monographs, which include Introduction  to Public Art (the first and second editions), Culture of Olympic Games & Public Art, A Literature  Compilation Regarding China’s Public Art (1949–2015), A Portfolio of China’s Public Art  Exhibitions, and Occurrence & Voice: Academic Papers on China’s Public Art. Moreover, he has  published dozens of papers.

Furthermore, in 2007, Professor Wang presided over the project “Comparison of Investment Policies  for Public Art in Chinese and Foreign Cities” commissioned by the Ministry of Construction, the  design of public art for the Shanghai Expo Garden, the design of public art in Beijing Metro Lines 8, 9,  14, and 15, as well as Qingdao Metro Lines M3 and M2. He chaired the planning and design of the  public space in Beijing CBD core area and the project “Research on the Effect of Public Art on New  Type of Urbanization” proposed by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT). As the convener  of China’s Public Art Exhibition in 2016 hosted by the MCT, Prof. Wang moderated the First Public  Art and City Design International Summit and proposed the concept of Art-oriented Urban Design  (AUD). In 2019, he worked on the art-city planning of Xiong’an, which was themed on “Xiong’an,  A City of Art and Design”, and presided over the planning of “Star River”, the overground sculpture  located in the Guanggu complex of Wuhan. He also engaged in the design of parade floats for the  celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In 2020,  Professor Wang took charge of the overall planning of public art in the Beijing Capital International  Airport.