Prof. Chen Zhixing graduated from Shanghai Second Medical College in 1976. He had been an international visiting scholar at North Carolina State University in USA from 1987 to 1988. In 1997 he graduated from the Master of Public Administration Program organized by the School of Law and Politics, East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai.

Prof. Chen Zhixing was the Vice President of Shanghai Second Medical University and professor of Medical Administration Faculty from 1991 to 2003, and the Deputy Director of Shanghai World Expo 2010 Bid Office from 2000 to 2003. He has been the Director General of Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration since April, 2003.

Prof. Chen Zhixing also acts as the Vice President of China Intellectual Property Research Association, the Commissioner of the Policy Administration Research Experts Group under the Ministry of Health, PRC, the guest professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Intellectual Property Institute of Shanghai Tongji University, and the specially invited consultant of the Intellectual Property Law Research Center, East China University of Politics and Law.

Mr. LV Guoqiang, Deputy Director General

Mr. JI Zhenkun, Deputy Director General

Mr. HONG Yongqing, Deputy Director General