Co-chairs:

Chao Gejin, Senior Researcher and Standing Deputy Director , Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Shen Luqing, County Executive , Meigu People's Government

Vice Chairs:

Tang Xiaoqing, Senior Editor and Deputy Director , Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Yin Hubin, Senior Researcher and Assistant to the Director, Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Zhou Dahai, Vice-Secretary, Communist Party Committee of Meigu County

Stevan Harrell, Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington, USA; Organizer, First International Yi Studies Conference

Ggahxa Shyzzi , Office Administrator, Meigu Bimo Culture Research Center

Secretary General:

Bamo Qubumo, Senior Researcher, Director of Literary Theory and Criticism Division, Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Vice-Secretaries:

Hmosi Cyho , Translator, Language and Script Committee, Liangshan Prefecture

Pu Zhongliang, Associate Editor, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Anyu Shyrryr , Director, Meigu County Archives

Qiesa Vunyo, Vice-Chair for the Yi language office of the National Bureau of Ethnic Languages and Translation in Chengdu

Members:

He Zong, Director, Scientific Research Management Section, Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Thomas Heberer, Professor of Political Science, Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg, Germany; Organizer, Second International Yi Studies Conference

Bamo Ayi, Vice Chair, International Exchanges Section, State Nationalities Commission; Organizer, Third International Yi Studies Conference

Benoit Vermander, Director, Taipei Ricci Institute, France

Sano Kenji, Professor of Folklore, Kanagawa University, Japan

Huang Jianming, Professor, Central Nationalities University ; Organizer, Third International Yi Studies Conference

Ma Lunzy , Vice-Chair and Associate Researcher, Liangshan Prefecture Nationalities Research Institute

Wang Xuchao, Head, Yi Language Translation Group, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou

Pu Zhen, Researcher, Chuxiong Institute for the Study of Yi Culture , Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences

Shama Vatie, Head, Liangshan Prefecture Cultural Office

Jjiela Vuyi , Vice Office Administrator, Bimo Culture Research Institute, Meigu

Zhu Gang, Graduate Student, Department of Minority Literature, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Luo Danyang, Graduate Student, Department of Minority Ethnic Literature, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Liu Jingjing, Graduate Student, Department of Minority Ethnic Literature, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences