{{Short description|Chinese politician, scholar and architect}} {{Family name hatnote|Shan|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Pressekonferenz - Glanz der Kaiser von China - Museum für ostasiatische Kunst Köln-1920.jpg | caption = Shan Jixiang | office1 = Curator of the Palace Museum | term_start1 = January 2012 | term_end1 = 8 April 2019 | predecessor1 = Zheng Xinmiao | successor1 = Wang Xudong | office2 = Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration | term_start2 = August 2002 | term_end2 = January 2012 | predecessor2 = Zhang Wenbin | successor2 = Li Xiaojie | office3 = Communist Party Secretary of Fangshan District | term_start3 = August 1997 | term_end3 = January 2000 | predecessor3 = Li Qingyu | successor3 = Wang Fengjiang | name = Shan Jixiang | native_name = 单霁翔 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954|07}} | birth_place = Jiangning County, Jiangsu, China | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|}} or {{death year and age| }} --> | death_place = | party = Chinese Communist Party | spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> | children = | parents = | relations = | alma_mater = Tsinghua University | website = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | s = {{linktext|单|霁|翔}} | t = {{linktext|單|霽|翔}} | p = Shàn Jìxiáng | w = Shan Chi-hsiang }} }} '''Shan Jixiang''' ({{lang-zh|s=单霁翔}}; born July 1954) is a Chinese politician, scholar, architect, serves as Dean of Gugong Academy of the Palace Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2019/05/08/576633.html|title=单霁翔获新职务：今日受聘为故宫学院院长|last=www.bjnews.com.cn|website=www.bjnews.com.cn|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> He served as curator of the Palace Museum between 2012 and 2019<ref>{{cite news |title=Palace Museum gets closer to people around the world |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/01/c_136490404.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116150109/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/01/c_136490404.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |access-date=16 January 2019 |date=1 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="lion">{{cite news |title=Shan Jixiang |url=https://en.dpm.org.cn/about/administration/2015-04-15/2081.html |access-date=16 January 2019 |work=dpm.org.cn |archive-date=2019-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116200801/https://en.dpm.org.cn/about/administration/2015-04-15/2081.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Director of Palace Museum Dr Shan Jixiang Shares Museum's Digitization Plan with Hong Kong Public |url=https://www.ourhkfoundation.org.hk/en/media/70/china-institute/director-palace-museum-dr-shan-jixiang-shares-museum%E2%80%99s-digitization-plan |access-date=16 January 2019 |work=ourhkfoundation |date=16 March 2016 |archive-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116200741/https://www.ourhkfoundation.org.hk/en/media/70/china-institute/director-palace-museum-dr-shan-jixiang-shares-museum%E2%80%99s-digitization-plan |url-status=dead }}</ref> and formerly as Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration.
Shan was a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), president of Cultural Relics Society of China, and vice chairman of the Architectural Society of China.<ref name="lion"/>
==Biography== Shan was born in Jiangning County, Jiangsu in July 1954. He graduated from Tsinghua University, where he studied urban planning and design under Wu Liangyong. Shan started his research on the conservation and planning of historical cities and cultural heritage areas while studying in Japan from 1980 to 1984.<ref name="lion"/>
Shan Jixiang entered the workforce in January 1971 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1985.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
Shan was deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Urban Planning Administration from January 1992 to May 1994, and director and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage from May 1994 to August 1997. He was CCP chief of Fangshan District in August 1997, and held that office until January 2000. He became the CCP branch secretary and director of Beijing Municipal Planning Commission in January 2001, and served until August 2002. In August 2002 he was promoted to become director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration and a member of the CCP committee of the Ministry of Culture. In January 2012 he was appointed curator of the Palace Museum, replacing Zheng Xinmiao.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://culture.people.com.cn/GB/16854725.html |script-title=zh:单霁翔接任故宫博物院院长 郑欣淼因年龄而离任 |work=people.com.cn |date=12 January 2012 |language=zh |archive-date=23 December 2017 |access-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223083756/http://culture.people.com.cn/GB/16854725.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In December 2018 he was hired as senior professor of Southeast University.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/zz/2018-12-30/doc-ihqhqcis1590357.shtml |script-title=zh:故宫博物院院长单霁翔等4人 被授予东大“资深教授” |work=sina |date=30 December 2018 |language=zh}}</ref>
According to a public announcement from the Palace Museum, Shan Jixiang retired on April 8, 2019, succeeded by the director of Dunhuang Research Academy, Wang Xudong.<ref>{{cite news |title=Palace Museum director Shan Jixiang retires |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/08/WS5caaf4d0a3104842260b4f05.html |access-date=9 April 2019 |work=Chinadaily |date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.163.com/19/0408/16/EC8N5UOF0001875P.html |script-title=zh:单霁翔退休后回应：快乐退休！我每天都在故宫等您 |work=163.com |date=2019-04-08 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.ifeng.com/c/7lhqiwNJD0q |script-title=zh:故宫博物院院长单霁翔退休：我不是故宫掌门人，是看门人 |work=ifeng |date=2019-04-08 |language=zh}}</ref>
==Works== * {{cite book |title=Secure Palace Museum – Thoughts and Practice: Collected Works of the Renchen Year |year=2013 |publisher=Palace Museum Publishing House |location=Beijing }} * {{cite book |title=Cultural Heritage – Thoughts and Practice |year=2012 |publisher=Tianjin University Press |location=Tianjin }} * {{cite book |title=From "Gallery Space" to "Boundless Universe": Contemplating the Museum in a Broader Sense |year=2011 |publisher=Tianjin University Press |location=Tianjin }} * {{cite book |title=Retaining the "Root" and "Soul" of Urban Culture: The Exploration and Practice on Preserving China's Cultural Heritage |year=2010 |publisher=Science Press |location=Beijing }} * {{cite book |title=Cultural Heritage Conservation and Urban Culture Renaissance |year=2009 |publisher=China Architecture and Building Press |location=Beijing }} * {{cite book |title=Entering the World of Cultural Landscape Heritage |year=2009 |publisher=Tianjin University Press |location=Tianjin }} * {{cite book |title=From "Cultural Relics Preservation" to "Cultural Heritage Protection" |year=2008 |publisher=Tianjin University Press |location=Tianjin }} * {{cite book |title=From "Functional City" to "Cultural City" |year=2007 |publisher=Tianjin University Press |location=Tianjin }} * {{cite book |title=Urban Development and Cultural Heritage Preservation |year=2006 |publisher=Tianjin University Press |location=Tianjin }}
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