Wang Xudong (curator)
Chinese researcher and museum curator
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wang Xudong (Chinese: 王旭东; born February 1967) is a Chinese researcher and curator of the Palace Museum since 8 April 2019. Previously he served as director of Dunhuang Research Academy. He is an alternate of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
_(20240208).png)
Wang Xudong | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
王旭东 | |||||||
| |||||||
| Director of the Palace Museum | |||||||
| Assumed office 8 April 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Shan Jixiang | ||||||
| 4th Director of Dunhuang Research Academy | |||||||
| In office December 2014 – April 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Fan Jinshi | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhao Shengliang | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | February 1967 (age 59) Shandan County, Gansu, China | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Shandan No. 1 High School Lanzhou University | ||||||
| Occupation | Curator, professor | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王旭东 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王旭東 | ||||||
| |||||||
Biography
Wang was born in Shandan County, Zhangye, Gansu, in 1967. After graduating from Shandan No. 1 High School in July 1986, he entered Lanzhou University, where he majored in hydrogeology and engineering geology. After university, he briefly worked in a hydropower station in his home-city Zhangye. In June 1991 he joined the Dunhuang Research Academy, and was appointed its 4th director in December 2014.[2][3] On April 8, 2019, he replaced Shan Jixiang to become director of the Palace Museum.[1][4]
