Xiaochun Qi is a
Professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. His research mainly focuses on the
calligraphy history of Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties and the study
of Wang Xizhi. In 2007, he was recruited home as a High Level Overseas Scholar
by the Personnel Department of Guangdong Province. He now serves as a Professor
of the Department of Chinese Painting at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, an
Adjunct Professor at Zhongshan University, and a Visiting Research Fellow in
the Institute for East-West Studies, Kansai University (Japan). He is also the
Vice Chairman of the Art Theory Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of
Education of China.