Chinese Yangqin Performer, Educator, and Musical Social Activist. Doctor of Philosophy from Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary. Currently serving as a Tier-3 Professor and Doctoral Advisor in Yangqin at the Central Conservatory of Music, Director of the Music Confucius Institute, and the Practice and Research Base for International Chinese Education (Music) at the Central Conservatory of Music. Founding President of the Asian Yangqin Association, First President of the Yangqin Art Professional Committee of the China Musical Instrument Association. Deputy Director of the Central Cultural Work Committee of the Jiusan Society, Executive Deputy Leader of the Jiusan Society Art Troupe, President of the Central and Eastern Europe Branch of the Western Returned Scholars Association (WRSA), and Director of the India, Africa, Arab, and Central European Friendship Associations of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. Member of the 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Vice President of the 6th and 7th WRSA, and Member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th Central Committees of the Jiusan Society. Visiting Scholar at the Liszt Academy of Music, “Asian Scholar” at the University of Delhi, India, and “Fulbright” Scholar at the University of Michigan, USA. Chief Editor of the “Chinese Traditional Instrumental Encyclopedia” in the third edition of the “Encyclopedia of China.”**