Yingpin Zhang

Yingpin Zhang is a Professor and Doctorial Tutor at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 2014, and a Research Fellow in the Office of China Local Gazetteer Steering Group since 2008. She earned her PhD in 2003 from Nankai University with a dissertation on Southern Zhili Province's Ming-period local gazetteers.

Research Focus: Her work centers on Ming history and Chinese local gazetteers, particularly analyzing structural patterns and stylistic elements in historical cartography. Her current project leverages gazetteer maps from Harvard University's Yenching Library, extending earlier digitalization efforts.

Awards & Grants:

• Guo Moruo Chinese History Award (2007) for her book A Study of the Local Gazetteers of Southern Zhili Province in the Ming Period
• National Social Science Fund grant (2016) for gazetteer map research

Professional Involvement:

• Council member, Chinese Society on Ming Dynasty History (since 1996)
• Deputy secretary-general, Chinese Local Gazetteers Society (since 2009)