QIN Zhigang was born in 1953. Now he is vice chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, commissioner of the National Committee of the Political Consultative Conference (NCPCC), vice director of the Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports of NCPCC and visiting professor of Peking University.
He engages in calligraphy since very young and follows the style of famous Chinese calligraphers in history such as Liu Gongquan, Zhao Mengfu, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi and Wang Duo. Recent years he turns to Huaisu and Lin Sanzhi, who features in freehand style. He also engages in traditional Chinese painting and tries to combine calligraphy style to landscape painting to create his own features. He communicates with famous contemporary painters and calligraphers and studies a lot from them. Lots of his works are exhibited and collected