Piano Department of Central Conservatory of Music: The piano department of Central Conservatory of Music was established in 1950, with Zhu Shimin and Yi Kaiji as the director and deputy director. Starting from 1955, Yi Kaiji was the head of the department, and Zhu Gong was the director of the teaching and research section. 1956 Zhou Guangren was transferred to the Central Conservatory of Music as the director of the teaching and research section of the piano department. Around the collapse of the Gang of Four, the piano department was abolished and merged with the orchestra department to form the steel pipe department. By 1978, the piano department was officially restored and the work was slowly on the right track.