Wang Xudong
王旭东
Director of the Palace Museum
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 April 2019
Preceded by	Shan Jixiang
4th Director of Dunhuang Research Academy
In office December 2014 – April 2019
Preceded by	Fan Jinshi
Succeeded by	Zhao Shengliang
Personal details
Born	February 1967 (age 57) Shandan County, Gansu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shandan No. 1 High School Lanzhou University
Occupation	Curator, professor
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	王旭东
Traditional Chinese	王旭東
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Xùdōng

Wang Xudong (Chinese: 王旭东; born February 1967) is a Chinese researcher and curator of the Palace Museum since 8 April 2019. Previously he served as director of Dunhuang Research Academy. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Wang was born in Shandan County, Zhangye, Gansu, in 1967. After graduating from Shandan No. 1 High School in July 1986, he entered Lanzhou University, where he majored in hydrogeology and engineering geology. After university, he briefly worked in a hydropower station in his home-city Zhangye. In June 1991 he joined the Dunhuang Research Academy, and was appointed its 4th director in December 2014.^[2][3] On April 8, 2019, he replaced Shan Jixiang to become director of the Palace Museum.^[1][4]

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