Mingyuan is currently a PhD Candidate at the Humanities Research Centre, where he researches the representation of ethnic minorities in China’s museums. His interest in this field developed through fieldwork in Guangxi and professional internships in Beijing and Shanghai. He holds an MA in Cultural Heritage and Museology from Fudan University, where he completed his thesis “Representing Ethnic Cultures in International Exhibitions Sent out by Chinese Museums.” His current doctoral research employs a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to examine how various material and expressive components interact during the exhibition curation process to produce meaning in China's ethnological museums.