Xu Liming 1, Doctor of Literature; member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, member of the Central Committee of the Zhi Gong Party, deputy chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee; professor and doctoral supervisor of Nanjing University of the Arts, director of the Jiangsu Provincial Calligraphy Creation Research Center; Zhi Gong of China Vice president of the Public Painting Academy, director of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, vice chairman of the Jiangsu Province Calligraphers Association, president of the Nanjing Seal Society, director of the Xiling Seal Society, and member of the Chinese Poetry Society. Won the honorary title of the first "National Young and Middle-aged Literary and Art Workers with Virtue and Art" commended by the Ministry of Personnel and China Federation of Literary and Art Circles; one of the "Four Batch" Talents of the National Publicity and Culture System; and an expert enjoying special allowance from the State Council. He is one of the representative middle-aged calligraphers in contemporary calligraphy circles, one of the leading figures in Jiangsu calligraphy circles, and one of the academic leaders in higher calligraphy education.