Master Ji Hongzhong, male, is from Haian, Jiangsu Province. He is the vice president of the China Taoist Association and the abbot of Shanghai City God Temple. Born on October 29, 1972, he holds a college degree while on the job. Representative inheritor of the municipal intangible cultural heritage of Shanghai Taoist Music and abbot of Shanghai City God Temple.

He is currently a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, vice president of the China Taoist Association, President of the Shanghai Taoist Association, director of the Shanghai City God Temple Management Committee, a member of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the 11th Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a standing committee member of the 12th All-China Youth Federation.