China Vitae

Biography

Zhong Xunzheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wugang, Hunan Province. He was born in 1929, and graduated from National Nanjing University.

Zhong is a renowned architect. His general mould plan of the Beijing Railway Station introduced during the cooperation between the Nanjing Institute of Technology and the Beijing Industrial Architecture Design Institute in 1958 and the bridge tower plan he made in the National Design Competition in 1960 were both selected by the late Premier Zhou Enlai. The completed projects Zhong led in cooperation with Sun Zhongyang and Wang Wenqing in the 1980s include the new building of the Wuxi Taihu Hotel, Sanya Jinling Recreation Center, Gansu Gallery, Lanzhou Dunhuang Research Institute, Suzhou Tonglihu Recreational Center, Jialin Tower at the Sunny Square of Zhongshanling in Nanjing, and the Jiangsu Provincial Tourism Bureau, among others. In addition, the design of the Hangzhou Hu Qing Yu Tang Bao Ji Tourist Center won the first prize of an architectural competition.

The projects Zhong led with others also include Nanjing Science and Technology Hall, Jianianhua Recreational Center, Nanjing Jiangsu Shopping Center, Yunhu Tower, Jinshan Mansion, Gulou Nanjing Garden Bureau, Dongyuan Hotel and Xuzhou Wuhua Tower, among others. As the general architect for the reconstruction of Nanjing Zhonghua and Yuhua Streets, Zhong has directed 12 group constructions that are either completed or under way.

His works include "Architectural Drawing", "Architectural Painting - Environmental Expression and Techniques", and four books in total, three of which have been published overseas. Zhong has also published over 20 dissertations, such as "Let Nature Take its Course and Do not Follow Suit", and "On Beijing's Construction", among others. Sixteen of Zhong's architectural paintings have been selected and published during the four national competitions. Zhong Xunzheng has trained 85 postgraduates in his field.