On December 25, 2019, representatives of foreign teachers and students visited the FanZengArtGallery, where they knew about the family of Poetry and prose of Fan’s Family, and Mr. Fan Zeng's artistic achievements, and appreciated Mr. Fan Zeng's paintings and calligraphy. Through the visit, they have a further understanding of Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy culture.

Fan Zeng, born in 1938 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, is a master of Chinese painting and calligraphy and a famous sinologist and poet. He is currently chair Professor at PekingUniversity and Director of the Chinese Painting Research Institute; Professor of Chinese National Academy of Arts; tenured Professor at NankaiUniversity; professor of Faculty of Literature and Faculty of History of Nankai University; tenured professor of NantongUniversity; Dean of Panshan College. In 2008 he was awarded the Star of the Citizen of France. In 2009 he was appointed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as Special Adviser on Multiculturalism .In September of 2010, French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented Mr Fan Zeng with the order of the Legion of Honour. In March of 2011, the University of Glasgow awarded Mr Fan Zeng an Honorary Doctorate”. In December of 2011 he won the first Chinese Arts Award Lifetime Achievement Award. “ In May of 2012, the University of Alberta awarded an honorary doctorate degree.

The Fan Zeng Gallery of Art is located in the 6,600-square-metre campus of the University  of Nantong. It is divided into three pavilions, displaying the literary and historical materials of the Fan’s family in Nantong, the artistic achievements of Mr. Fan Zeng and the paintings and calligraphy of Mr. Fan Zeng; it is a platform for students and faculty of NantongUniversity to receive elegant art edification. It is the first batch of intangible cultural heritage projects in Nantong and the second batch of intangible cultural heritage projects in JiangsuProvince.