Lu Wei is the Deputy Director General of the China Maritime Museum. He specialises in exhibition research, cultural and creative product development, leveraging the museum’s collections to explore maritime heritage. Under his leadership, China Maritime Museum was awarded the Excellence Prize at the 18th National Museum Top Ten Exhibition Promotion in 2020 and the Key Promotion Award for “Promoting Chinese excellent traditional Culture and cultivating socialist core Values” by the National Cultural Heritage Administration in 2022. Additionally, as co-editor, he contributed to The Tale of Chinese Ships, which won the National Outstanding Popular Science Works Award in 2023.