Shan Jixiang

Shan Jixiang
单霁翔
Shan Jixiang
Curator of the Palace Museum
In office
January 2012 – 8 April 2019
Preceded byZheng Xinmiao
Succeeded byWang Xudong
Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration
In office
August 2002 – January 2012
Preceded byZhang Wenbin
Succeeded byLi Xiaojie
Communist Party Secretary of Fangshan District
In office
August 1997 – January 2000
Preceded byLi Qingyu
Succeeded byWang Fengjiang
Personal details
BornJuly 1954 (age 70)
Jiangning County, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materTsinghua University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShàn Jìxiáng
Wade–GilesShan Chi-hsiang

Shan Jixiang (Chinese: 单霁翔; born July 1954) is a Chinese politician, scholar, architect, serves as Dean of Gugong Academy of the Palace Museum.[1] He served as curator of the Palace Museum between 2012 and 2019[2][3][4] and formerly as Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration.

Shan was a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), president of Cultural Relics Society of China, and vice chairman of the Architectural Society of China.[3]

  1. ^ www.bjnews.com.cn. "单霁翔获新职务:今日受聘为故宫学院院长". www.bjnews.com.cn. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. ^ "Palace Museum gets closer to people around the world". 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on January 16, 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Shan Jixiang". dpm.org.cn. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Director of Palace Museum Dr Shan Jixiang Shares Museum's Digitization Plan with Hong Kong Public". ourhkfoundation. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2019.