Guanfu Museum

Observe the Continuously Changing Cycle of Life | Weidu MA | TEDxCEIBS

Weidu Ma shared the origins of China's first private museum. He encouraged the audience to pursue a career that involves something they excel at. He pointed to his own experience of establishing the museum after failing to achieve success in literature and film. Ma also provided the answer to a question he said he is often asked: how did he fund the Guanfu Museum. I bought a plate for 60 RMB, which is now worth around six million RMB, he said, but we should remember that China's growth and prosperity has empowered us, and we should embrace the notion of cultural confidence. - Founder of the Guanfu Museum - the first private museum in China
- A speaker at CCTV’s Lecture Room for MA Weidu Talks About Collection series
- A speaker of Ma Weidu Collection and Guanfu Dudu

Born on March 22nd, 1955, MA Weidu is a native of Rongcheng, Shangdong Province. He set up Guanfu Museum, the first private museum in China in 1997 and established local museums in Xiamen, Hangzhou and Shanghai in succession within 20 years. In 2018, he was invited to be the speaker of Lecture Room, a legendary program of CCTV, to introduce Chinese relics and the historical and cultural knowledge behind them. Ma Weidu Collection, a TV show opened by Guangxi TV in 2010, remains a hit now and has become the leader of culture and collection shows. He launched a culture talk show named Guanfu Dudu in 2014, which interprets culture and current events in a humorous way and becomes the most popular cultural program.

MA Weidu gave hundreds of lectures across the country and was invited to give lectures abroad for UN headquarters in Geneva, Denver Museum in America and Confucius Institute in Turkey. He has devoted himself to the promotion of traditional Chinese culture for over 30 years, making great contributions in terms of cultural preservation promotion and heritage research. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at