Professor, Department of Media, School of Art Design and Media, East China University of Science and Technology
Researcher, Taiwan Research Institute ，Graduate Supervisor
Email: wazhong97@163.com
Office Phone: +86-21-64253437
Office Address: Room 103, Chenyuan Building
Biography
Wang Zhong, a native of Anqing, Anhui Province, holds a Ph.D. in History. He earned bachelor’s degree in History from Anhui University and master’s degree in Philology and Ancient Text Collation under Professor Zhang Shunhui at Central China Normal University. He later received his doctorate from the School of Sociology at Soochow University.
He is currently a Professor in the Department of Media, School of Art Design and Media, East China University of Science and Technology, a Research Fellow at the Taiwan Research Institute, and a graduate supervisor. He serves as an expert reviewer for National Social Science Fund art projects, a designated reviewer for Chinese Agricultural History (CSSCI journal), and sits on the boards of the Chinese Agricultural History Society and the Shanghai Taiwan Research Association. He is also a member of the Suzhou Arts and Crafts Society.
•Social art history
•Compilation and editing of art literature
•Cross-strait cultural and creative industry exchange
1.Wang Zhong. “Analysis of the Plowing Reform and Promotion Movement in Shanghai in the 1950s,” Shanghai Party History and Party Building, 2024(3).
2.Wang Zhong & Zhou Meiyu. “An Analysis of the Design Evolution of Chinese Plows from the Perspective of Ergonomics,” Agricultural Archaeology, 2022(1).
3.Wang Zhong. “Reflections on Promoting Cross-Strait Cultural and Creative Industry Exchange from the Perspective of Synergetics,” Think Tank Series of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, 2021(8). Policy recommendations adopted by the Taiwan Affairs Office.
4.Wu Zhexuan & Wang Zhong*. “Research on a Method of Conveying Material Sensations Through Sound Effects,” Journal of New Music Research, Vol. 51, 2023 (AHCI & SCI indexed).
5.Wang Zhong. “Huang Xiaoshi’s Design Philosophy and Its Exchange with Cross-Strait Design Culture,” Contemporary Design in Taiwan, 2017(3).
6.Wang Zhong & Gao Yue. “Analysis of Yangzhou’s Cultural and Creative Industry Development Model from the Perspective of Intangible Cultural Heritage,” Design, 2016(5).
7.Wang Zhong. “Influencing Factors Behind Cheng Shewo’s Idea of ‘Newspaper Popularization’,” Journal of Jimei University, 2016(4).
8.Wang Zhong. “Outline of Product Design Influenced by Modern Western Ecological Concepts,” Design, 2015(2).
9.Wang Zhong. “A Review of China’s Civil Actions Against False Advertising and Counterfeit Goods Over the Past 30 Years,” Journal of Shenzhen University, 2011(4).
10.Wang Zhong. “Advertising Allegories in the Spring Festival Gala Over the Years,” Journal of East China University of Science and Technology, 2012(2).
11.Wang Zhong. “Historical Advertising on the Peking Opera Stage,” Chinese Culture, 2013(2).
12.Wang Zhong. “Chamber of Commerce Support for Agriculture during the Republic of China: A Case Study of the Suzhou Chamber,” Chinese Agricultural History, 2011(1).
13.Wang Zhong. “Discovering Rural Social History in Classical Poetry,” Chinese Agricultural History, 2012(1).
14.Wang Zhong & Cao Xi. “The Path of Social Movements and Civil Organization Formation in Taiwan in the 1980s and 1990s,” Taiwan Research Journal, 2012(3).
15.Wang Zhong. “Changes in the Organizational Structure of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce (1927–1937),” Jiangsu Social Sciences, 2009(5).
16.Wang Zhong. “A Review of Taiwan’s Cultural Reconstruction After the War,” Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2008(1).
17.Wang Zhong. “An Inquiry into the Liberal Movement in Taiwan in the 1950s and Early 1960s,” Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2008(5).
1.Research on the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce during the Republic of China (1927–1937), Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2015.
2.Converging Paths: A Comparative Study of the Development of Non-Governmental Organizations on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait (1949–2009), Beijing: Kyushu Publishing House, 2018. A Ministry of Education Social Science Fund project outcome. Awarded Second Prize for Excellent Research Work by the National Taiwan Research Association (2019–2020).
3.Taiwan Culture and Social Trends, Beijing: Kyushu Publishing House, 2012. Awarded Third Prize for Excellent Research Work by the National Taiwan Research Association (2013–2014).
4.Research on the Exchange and Cooperation Mechanism of Cross-Strait Civil Organizations from the Perspective of Synergetics, Beijing: Kyushu Publishing House, 2025. A project completion outcome of the National Social Science Fund.
1.Historical Literature Research on Clan Interactions between Fujian and Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty and the Layout of Ancient Villages in Taiwan (21&ZD215), a sub-project under the major National Social Science Fund project “Investigation, Organization, Protection, and Utilization of Traditional Village Resources in Taiwan.” (Ongoing)
2.Research on Collaborative Mechanisms to Promote Exchanges and Cooperation Between Non-Governmental Organizations Across the Taiwan Strait (14BSH093), funded by the National Social Science Fund. (Completed)
3.Converging Paths: A Comparative Study of the Development of Civil Organizations Across the Taiwan Strait in the Past 30 Years (09YJA810004), supported by the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Fund. (Completed)
4.Digital Design of the Historical Biographies of Exemplary Villagers in Tongling under the Context of Harmonious Rural Construction, commissioned by the Civilization Office of the Propaganda Department of the Tongling Municipal Committee, Anhui Province.
