Ding Jie, 1958, from Rudong, Jiangsu. His mother's name is Chen and his father's surname is Chen. He is the eighth grandson of Chen Song, a famous painter in Qing Dynasty. Graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Normal University and merged into the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently a director of China Artists Association, China Overseas Friendship Association and China Soong Ching Ling Foundation. He is currently the director of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the secretary-general of the Art Committee of China Artists Association, the member and deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Painting Art Committee of China Artists Association, and a national first-class artist. He is also the vice president of China Landscape Painting Research Institute of China People's Political Consultative Conference, the secretary general of China Patriotic Army Painting and Calligraphy Institute, and the vice president of China People's Painting and Calligraphy Institute.