Calligraphers Association Elects Sun Xiaoyun as Chair

Calligraphers Association Elects Sun Xiaoyun as Chair

The Chinese Calligraphers Association, the country’s leading professional body for the art of calligraphy, closed its 9th National Congress in Beijing on June 18 with the election of a new leadership and a 199-member council. Calligrapher Sun Xiaoyun was elected chairwoman. Founded to promote the practice of calligraphy nationwide, the association has long been the reference point for the field’s standards and institutions.

New Leadership Elected

At its first meeting, the new council elected 14 vice chairs, listed here in the traditional order of surname stroke count:

• Ma Yongming
• Wang Rui
• Ye Peigui
• Liu Yuemao
• Shen Hao
• Zhang Ji
• Zhang Hongchun
• Zhou Bin
• Meng Qingxing
• Xu Hai
• Han Lijun
• Qi Gang
• Yan Yiduan
• Pan Shanzhu

The first session of the new Presidium appointed Ma Yongming secretary-general, with Liu Bin and Zhang Xiaoyu as deputy secretaries-general.

A 199-Member Council

The 9th Council comprises 199 calligraphers from across the country — artists, scholars, and art administrators — again ordered by surname stroke count. A sampling of members includes Mao Guodian, Wang Houxiang, Liu Canming, Long Kaisheng, Chen Zhongkang, Zhang Xuguang, Hong Houtian, Hu Chongwei, Gao Qingchun, Xie Shaocheng, and Xie Xiaoqing, among many others; the complete roster is published by the association. Members also include calligraphers from several of China’s ethnic groups — among them Manchu, Tibetan, Dong, Li, Buyi, and Tujia artists — reflecting the breadth of the national community the association represents.

Why It Matters

Calligraphy — the art of writing Chinese characters with brush and ink, practiced for thousands of years — remains one of China’s most treasured traditions, and the association’s leadership shapes its direction in exhibitions, education, and international exchange. The congress is the association’s highest-level meeting, and the new Presidium will oversee China’s major calligraphy exhibitions and standards, and represent Chinese calligraphers abroad, until the next congress. The new term’s leadership takes office at a time when Chinese calligraphy is gaining growing global visibility, from museum shows to cultural exchange programs, and its composition is being watched closely by artists and collectors alike.

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