Gu Gang, born in Shanghai, is a famous poet. He is the editor of East China Normal University Press, chief editor of Art Suodeng Magazine, the planner and host of the Poetry Salon of Mingyuan Art Museum, and the academic committee member of Art Bund. He was invited by the Power Station of Art and participated in the large-scale walking project of the Shanghai Biennale, “Bodies of Water, finding the waterway together, rediscovering Shanghai”. He led the Biennale curator Andrés Jacques (Spain), and the citizens and students to visit and explain the history of Waibaidu Bridge, Shiliupu Wharf, and Xujiahui. He is the author of a collection of poems, including Selected Short Poems of Gu Gang and Earthly Burdens: Selected Poetry 1987-2011. He has won the DJS Poetry Award, the first Shanghai International Poetry Festival Writing Competition Award, and ArtsBJ Network Network International Chinese Poetry Award. He has published essays in newspapers and magazines such as "Book City".

Hu Lingyuan, born in Hubei, is an independent curator and art writer. She graduated from Michigan State University with a master’s degree in Arts and Cultural Management, concentrating on Museum Studies. She is currently the executive editor of the Art Suodeng Magazine, working in New York and Shanghai, mainly in the field of contemporary art.

Qiu Min received her Ph.D. in Art from Tsinghua University, specializing in Contemporary Visual Art Theory and Criticism. She teaches at the School of Fine Arts, East China Normal University. Qiu Min is a Member of The First Chinese Reviewer Annual Conference and an Executive Editor of Art Suodeng Magazine. She has published the book The Deconstruction of Human and Architecture and The Natural Themes in Painting Since the 20th Century and participated in the editorial University Art. She participated in international forums, such as The 5th World Chinese Art Education Conference and Arts For Life’s Sake 2017 Venice Biennale Nominated Exhibition & Art Forum, and has published several professional papers on her subjects. 

Yan Xiu, a media personality, writer, Master of Journalism and Communication, columnist of Art Suodeng Magazine, lives in the United Kingdom and Shanghai. She has visited the United Kingdom and South Korea as a visiting scholar. As a TV station background, she has long been involved in planning large-scale exhibitions and reading events in Shanghai and acting as a moderator of cultural salons. She has been writing independently for more than ten years, and in 2020 she translated the classic book of British author Emily Bront?. Her short story collection Secret Growth was translated into Spanish by the internationally renowned translator and sinologist La Shona, who has translated Mo Yan and Pu Songling. Recently, it will be released and published overseas.