Social Activities  

In 2003, upon learning of the SARS outbreak in Tianjin, he donated 500,000 RMB and inscribed "Defeating SARS is everyone's responsibility."  

In 2005, Wang Jiping, Director of Beijing Local Tax Bureau, personally presented Fan Zeng with the *2004 Individual Income Tax Payment Voucher* at Rongbaozhai.  

In 2008, after the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, he donated 10 million RMB for disaster relief.  

In 2009, as a tenured professor at Nankai University, he donated 3 million RMB to Sichuan's Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center to rescue Qiang ethnic group's heritage.  

Rongbaozhai estimated that from 1980 to 2009, his donated calligraphy and paintings nationwide were worth 530 million RMB.  

In 2010, at the *Love for Yushu, Boundless Love* charity event for the Yushu earthquake in Qinghai, he personally donated 10 million RMB.  

Honors and Awards  

Appointments:  

Tenured Professor at Nankai University, PhD supervisor at its College of Literature and History;  

Dean of Peking University's Institute of Chinese Painting;  

Lifetime Researcher and PhD supervisor at China National Academy of Arts;  

Honorary Doctor of Letters from University of Glasgow (UK), Honorary Doctor of Letters from University of Alberta (Canada);  

"Special Advisor on Cultural Diversity" by UNESCO, among other roles.  

Awards:  

1981: First Prize for Design of Chinese Ancient Scientists Stamps  

1983: Sino-Japanese Cultural Exchange Trophy  

1984: Permanent Fan Zeng Art Museum established in Okayama, Japan  

2008: Art Contribution Award at Olympic Fine Arts Congress, Model Taxpayer  

2009: "Citizen Star" Gold Medal from French Senate  

2010: Knight of the Legion of Honor from French President Sarkozy  

2011: Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Arts and Literature  

2016: Ranked in Hurun Art List Top 100  

2022: IOC President's Cup during Beijing Winter Olympics