YAN Zhong, Doctor of Management, Professor of Business Administration, Ph.D. Supervisor, is currently the Executive Vice Chair of Nanjing University CPC Committee. His teaching and research focus on organizational management, innovation management, and university governance. He has presided over (completed) more than 20 key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, general projects and key projects entrusted by the Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of the Ministry of Education, and won the second prize of National Teaching Achievements. He has won the Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences by Jiangsu Provincial People's Government for many times. 

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), vice president of the Jiangsu Talent Scoiety, vice chairman of Jiangsu Education System Party Building Research Association, and vice chairman of Jiangsu Philosophy and Social Science Federation.