Zhang Weimin, born in 1955 in Hangzhou. He is the vice superintendent of Zhejiang Art Academy, the Director of the Gongbi Painting Study of Zhejiang Art Academy, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a committee member of the Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the vice chairman of the China Zhejiang Flowers-and-Birds Painting Association. He is rated a national first-class artist.

His artworks were selected to be displayed in numerous significant art exhibitions, including the 6th, 7th and 9th National Art Exhibition of the Republic of China, the 1st National Chinese Painting Exhibition, the International Ink Painting Exhibition and the 100 Excellent Chinese Artists Exhibition. He has won several awards and prizes such as the Excellent Artists award of the National Art Exhibition, the First Prize of Hangzhou Arts Exhibition, the Golden Award of Zhejiang Flowers-and-Birds Painting, etc. He was named in the "100 Excellent Chinese Artists 1997" by the Chinese Artists Association. One of his artworks has won the Best Award in the National Outstanding Arts Academy Exhibition organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China.

Zhang has wrote extensively on painting technique. His publications include "Gongbi Flower-and-Birds Paintings Techniques for Beginners", "Chinese Gongbi Flower-and-Birds Painting Skills", etc. His artworks were included in various national publications, for example the "Chinese Modern Flowers-and-Birds Collection" and "Chinese Famous Artists Technique Illustration". His articles on Flowers-and-Birds painting were also included in professional arts magazines such as Chinese Art Weekly.