Pi Zongyuan, 1948, born in Wuxi, Chongqing, now lives in Beijing and Chengdu, Sichuan. Senior national arts and crafts artist, national first-class artist, academician of China Painting Academy, academician, vice president and professor of Art Education College of China Painting Academy, vice president of Beijing Jinghua Lanting Painting and Calligraphy Institute, member of China Painting and Calligraphy Art Committee, member of China Painting and Calligraphy Collection Committee and member of China Finger Painting Art Committee; Directors and members of many Chinese and foreign art, painting and calligraphy and photographers associations, and art consultants of many painting and calligraphy institutes; He is currently the first executive dean of Daguangming Painting and Calligraphy Institute in Emei Mountain, China.
At present, the market price of Chinese painting is conservative at 30,000-50,000 square meters.