復旦大學研究員、博士生導師、國務院特貼專家。歷任廣東省文物考古研究所所長助理、廣東省文物局副局長、廣東省博物館館長等職，兼任國際博協亞太博物館聯盟理事、ICOM-CHINA副主席、中國博物館協會常務理事。任廣東博物館館長期間，實踐新的博物館運營理念，大幅提升博物館的業務能力和服務水平。發表各類論文近50篇，主持各類展覽20余項，其中《牽星過洋-萬歷時代的海貿傳奇》《嶺南印記-粵港澳考古成果展》分別獲得全國博物館十大精品陳列精品獎、國際及港澳臺合作獎。另外，還曾獲得過文化部創新獎、國家文物局科學技術與創新獎一等獎、田野考古獎一等獎等科研獎項，以及廣東五一勞動獎章、廣東省宣傳文化思想戰線領軍人才、中宣部“四個一批”人才、全國先進工作者等榮譽。
Dr. Wei Jun is a professor and doctoral supervisor of Fudan University. He is an expert entitled to Government Special Allowance (GSA). He has successively served as the assistant director of Guangdong Institute of Archeology, deputy director of Guangdong Administration of Cultural Heritage, director of Guangdong Museum, etc. He is also a board member of ICOM ASPAC, vice chair of ICOM-CHINA, and executive board member of Chinese Museums Association. While he was serving as the director of Guangdong Museum, he greatly promoted the service capability and quality of the museum by practicing new philosophy in museum management. He has published nearly fifty academic papers, and presided over twenty exhibitions. In which, ‘Sailing the Seven Seas - Legend of Ming Maritime Trade During Wanli Era’ and ‘Historical Imprints of Lingnan - Major Archaeological Discoveries of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao’ have won the National Museum Top Ten Exhibitions Awards in the Excellent Award and the International and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Cooperation Award. Dr. Wei has also won academic awards including Innovation Award of the Ministry of Culture, first prize in Science, Technology and Innovation Award of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, first prize in Field Archaeology Award, etc., as well as Guangdong Labor Medal, Leading Cultural Talent of Guangdong, "The Four-Group" Talent of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, and National Advanced Worker.
