With the songs of orioles and the dances of swallows, our institution has welcomed Mr. Zheng Peikai, a distinguished cultural figure from Hong Kong.

Mr. Zheng Peikai has previously taught at the State University of New York, Yale University, Pace University, National Taiwan University, and National Tsing Hua University. Since 1998, he has co‑directed the Chinese Civilization Centre at City University of Hong Kong, serving as both its director and a professor. He also holds concurrent positions as an advisor to the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, an advisor to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong, a member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee of the Home Affairs Bureau of Hong Kong, a member of the Hong Kong–Taiwan Cultural Cooperation Committee under the Home Affairs Bureau, an advisor to the Academic Committee of the Publishing Museum Library of the Shanghai Municipal Press and Publication Administration, chairman of the General Education Advisory Committee at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, a visiting professor of Chinese culture at Zhejiang University, and a distinguished visiting lecturer at Feng Chia University, among others. His research spans the history of Chinese cultural consciousness, encompassing the relationships among artistic thinking, artistic creation, aesthetic appreciation, criticism, and cultural cognition, as well as cultural aesthetics. In his literary and artistic endeavors, he primarily focuses on modern poetry and prose. Currently, his major research projects include the transmission of Kunqu opera in the twentieth century, ceramics and the “Silk Road of Porcelain” (12th–17th centuries), tea and Chinese culture, and the translation of classical texts and their implications for cultural thought.