Born in Yugan, Jiangxi Province of China.
Director of the Department of Ceramic Art in the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University
Executive Vice Director of the Art Museum in the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University
Secretary-General of the Ceramic Art Council of China Artists Association
Deputy Director of Ceramic Art Institute, China National Academy of Painting
Member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) of UNESCO
Member of China Oil Painting Society
Executive Editor of Chinese Ceramist magazine
Director of Shangyu Celadon Contemporary International Ceramic Art Center

In 2004, the book Jingdezhen Traditional Ceramic-Making Techniques received the National Book Award. The book has also been translated into English and French, published in Europe.
In 2010, at the invitation of IAC and Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, he held the “Oriental Ceramic Story-Bai Ming Ceramic Art Works Exhibition” in Paris. This exhibition was the only one that represented China in “Foreign Culture Week” held by Paris government that year.

He held more than 20 solo exhibitions in China, France, Korea, the US and Spain.
He has published 11 series of books for a total of 19 volumes and also 20 books regarding his own personal work and collections.