Zhi Min, born in 1975, is the Executive Deputy Director of the Sculpture Institute at the China National Academy of Arts, as well as a professor and doctoral supervisor. His work Twenty-Four Solar Terms - Beginning of Autumn won the Gold Award in the sculpture category at the 39th Florence Literature and Art Awards in Italy in 2022. His piece Hong Meng won the Gold Award and the Grand Prize at the 8th “Tomorrow Sculpture Awards” in 2020. The sculpture Boat received an Excellence Award at the "2022 Beijing Winter Olympics International Public Art Competition," hosted by the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, and was one of the seven final selected works. The work Celestial Phenomena Four Gods - Azure Dragon won the Kaolin Award Bronze Prize at the first Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale in 2021 under the theme "Spirit of Porcelain." He has held 12 solo exhibitions at major academic institutions, including the National Art Museum of China, Hubei Museum of Art, Shanghai Art Museum, China Cultural Center in Paris, and Beijing One Art Museum. He has led multiple national-level projects, including those funded by the National Social Science Fund and the National Art Fund. Zhi Min has published seven monographs, including Luminous Bodies - Chinese Culture and Art and Endless Creative Methodology. He has also edited several academic columns in core journals and published over 100 articles and columns in national Chinese core journals and national-level art core journals.