Yuan Sha, a Chinese guzheng performing artist, has funded and trained dozens of disabled and impoverished students over the years, enabling them to embark on the road of guzheng art and become self-reliant, cultivate nearly 2,000 guzheng education talents, and hold special guzheng music performances at home and abroad. Nearly 200 conferences and lectures have been held, and dozens of textbooks and CD-ROMs have been published, which has made great contributions to the promotion and popularization of guzheng art.

Wang Jianmin, composer, native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. He has served as a visiting professor of Nanjing University and the dean of the School of Music of Nanjing University of the Arts. Since his professional career, he has composed a large number of musical works of various themes. In particular, he has made great achievements in the field of national instrumental music creation.