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Place of Birth: Beijing, China
About Fan Jinshi
- Fan Jinshi (Chinese: ???; born July 1938) is a Chinese archaeologist/ heritage specialist who served as director of the Dunhuang Research Academy between 1998 and 2014.
- She spends most of her life in Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, People's Republic of China, currently working as a honorary president and professional researcher in Dunhuang Research Academy, as well as a part-time professor and a doctoral supervisor in Lanzhou University, China.
- Fan began working in Dunhuang in 1963, at the age of 25.
- She has been venerated as "Daughter of Dunhuang" for her over 50 years of devotion to studying and preserving Dunhuang Grottoes.
- She is an early proponent of Dunhuang Academy in contemporary China, and creates a series of effective Cave preservation approaches for grottos.
- She was a delegate to the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
- She was a member of the 8th, 9th and 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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