1944年 出生于中国河北省承德市

1956年——1959年 北京市第一中学初中学习

1959年——1962年 北京工艺美术学校商业美术专业学习

1962年——1967年 中央工艺美术学院工业美术专业学习

1978年——1980年 中央工艺美术学院研究生班工业设计专业学习

1980年——1999年 中央工艺美术学院任教职

1982年——1984年 日本筑波大学艺术学系工业设计专业学习（国家教育委员会派遣）

1984年——1988年 任中央工艺美术学院工业设计系副主任

1987年 出版“设计的文化”（合著论文集）

1988年——1990年 任中央工艺美术学院院长助理

1990年1月——1990年7月 日本多摩美术大学 高级访问学者 研修

1990年——1998年 任中央工艺美术学院副院长

1994年起任中国美术家协会理事

1995年获北京市教学成果二等奖

1996年获中国轻工业设计一等奖

1994年起任北京市工业设计促进会副会长

1996年出版“工业设计”（成人教育教科书）

1998年1月——1999年11月 任中央工艺美术学院院长

1999年11月——2004年任清华大学副校长

1999年11月——2005年1月 任清华大学美术学院院长

1999年“工业产品造型设计”（文化部组织教科书）

2001年任中国科学技术委员会第六届全国委员

2002年任中国工业设计协会副理事长，创立清华美院-长客股份艺术设计研究室，为国内列车艺术设计水平的提高做出重要贡献。

2003年起任中国美术家协会副主席

2005年至今 任清华大学校务委员会副主任、美术学院教授

2018年1月14日，入选清华大学首批文科资深教授。

2018年12月，当选中国美协第九届顾问。

论文著作

“设计的文化”（合著论文集） 1987年

“工业设计”（成人教育教科书） 1996年

“工业产品造型设计”（文化部组织教科书） 1999年

发表《产品造型的民族风格》、《潜在的阻力》等论文二十余篇，已投产产品造型设计十余件。

科研成果

1995年获北京市教学成果二等奖

1996年获中国轻工业设计一等奖

Wang Mingzhi (1944.7 -) Liaoning native, good at oil painting, arts and crafts. In 1962, he graduated from the decoration design major of Beijing Institute of Arts and Crafts, in 1969 from the industrial art major of Beijing Institute of Arts and Crafts, in 1980 from the graduate class of the Industrial Art Department of the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts, and in 1982 from the Art Department of Japan's National Tsukuba University. He has been a cadre of Guangxi Institute of Arts and Crafts, deputy director of the Industrial Design Department of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, and Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University. His works include the oil painting "Before the Performance", the compilation of "Ethnic Minority Clothing Materials" and the interior design of Yanjing Hotel.

 Born in Chengde City, Hebei Province, China in 1944

1956-1959 Beijing No.1 Middle School Junior Middle School

1959-1962 Business Art Major in Beijing Arts and Crafts School

1962-1967 Study of Industrial Art Major in Central Academy of Arts and Crafts

1978-1980 Study of Industrial Design Major in Graduate Class of Central Academy of Arts and Crafts

1980-1999 Professorship of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts

1982-1984 Study of Industrial Design Major, Department of Art, Tsukuba University, Japan (dispatched by the National Education Commission)

1984-1988 Deputy Director of Industrial Design Department, Central Academy of Arts and Crafts

1987 Publication of "Design Culture" (Collaborative Papers)

1988-1990 Assistant Dean of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts

January 1990-July 1990 Senior Visiting Scholar, Domo University of Fine Arts, Japan

1990-1998 Vice-President of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts

Director of China Artists Association since 1994

In 1995, he won the second prize of Beijing Teaching Achievement

In 1996, he won the first prize of China Light Industry Design

Vice President of Beijing Industrial Design Promotion Association since 1994

Published in 1996 "Industrial Design" (Adult Education Textbook)

January 1998-November 1999 President of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts

November 1999-2004 Vice-President of Tsinghua University

November 1999-January 2005 as Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University

1999 "Modeling Design of Industrial Products" (Textbook organized by the Ministry of Culture)

Member of the Sixth National Committee on Science and Technology of China in 2001

In 2002, he was vice president of China Industrial Design Association and founded Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts - Changke Joint-stock Art Design Laboratory, which made an important contribution to the improvement of domestic train art design level.

Vice-Chairman of China Artists Association since 2003

From 2005 to now, he has been deputy director of the School Affairs Committee of Tsinghua University and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts.

On January 14, 2018, he was selected as the first batch of senior liberal arts professors in Tsinghua University.

In December 2018, he was elected the ninth consultant of China Association of Arts.

Papers and Works

"Design Culture" (Collected Papers) 1987

"Industrial Design" (Adult Education Textbook) 1996

"Modeling Design of Industrial Products" (Textbook organized by the Ministry of Culture) 1999

More than 20 papers have been published, such as National Style of Product Modeling and Potential Resistance. More than 10 products have been put into production.

Achievements in scientific research

In 1995, he won the second prize of Beijing Teaching Achievement

In 1996, he won the first prize of China Light Industry Design