Chen Jinming, deputy research librarian, was born in December 1928, a native of Xinjiang. Graduated from Urumqi First Middle School. He is now the principal of Urumqi Private Amateur Art School. Vice Chairman of the Urumqi Art Association. Edit this section of personal life Long-term commitment to teaching research and management, has a wealth of practical experience. Over the past few years, it has made a lot of and useful explorations in teaching research, education reform, teaching management and social running of schools, and has achieved results. At the same time, it has been well received by the authorities and the community. The Urumqi Private Amateur Art School under his leadership, since its founding in 1981, has been offering two major disciplines of art and calligraphy, including children's painting, children's Chinese painting, printmaking, coloring, creative writing, sketching, gouache, practical art, calligraphy and other specialized courses. The course lasts for half a year. All classes are held on double holidays, and the enrollment targets are Chinese-speaking enthusiasts of all ethnic groups above the age of 4. The school takes "educating people with beauty, cultivating students' noble life interest and painting and calligraphy skills, and sending all kinds of painting and calligraphy talents to the society" as the aim of running the school. The school is committed to establishing and improving rules and regulations, introducing competition mechanism, strengthening teaching management, stabilizing the teaching team and improving teaching quality. Achievements and Honors In 1996, there were 5 administrators and 38 part-time teachers. Among them, 10 had senior titles and 17 had intermediate titles. The leased school building is 1410 square meters and corresponding teaching equipment. There are 48 teaching classes in the school with 2,530 students. By the first half of 1996, a cumulative total of 35,000 students have completed their studies here. Among these students, there are more than 10 people who have made achievements in their studies, and nearly 400 people have been admitted to all kinds of art colleges and universities in the country; many unemployed young people and rehabilitated soldiers have become the backbone of art propaganda on all fronts through their studies in the school; 3,514 children's paintings and calligraphy works participated in the international or national painting and calligraphy exhibitions and competitions, and 723 of them were awarded prizes. Since 1985, the school*** has participated in 28 international exhibitions and competitions, sending 1,617 pieces of work,*** winning 6 special prizes, 28 gold prizes, 78 silver prizes and 271 bronze prizes; it has participated in 26 national exhibitions and competitions, sending 1,887 pieces of work, winning 1 special prize, 49 gold prizes, 115 silver prizes and 152 bronze prizes. It has been honored and rewarded by the relevant departments 28 times. In addition to being continuously awarded as an advanced unit of running schools by social forces in the autonomous region and the city of Urumqi, an advanced unit of developing the city by science and education, and an advanced unit of executing the policy of charging fees, etc., it was also honored by the Ministry of Culture of the Central Government and the National Committee of Culture and Arts for Children and Adolescents in 1992 as an advanced collective for children and adolescents in cultural work in the country, and by the National Education Commission, the Ministry of Culture, the National Federation of Trade Unions, and the Ministry of Culture, the National Education Commission. The Ministry of Culture, the National Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Women's Federation, the Central Committee of the **** Youth League, the State Science and Technology Commission awarded the "National Children and Youth Out-of-School Education Advanced Collective" honorary title.