Mei Ping Wu was chief architect, designer, and founder of the Silk Route Museum

Silk Route Museum

The Silk Route Museum is located in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China along the Silk Road, which connected Rome to China and was used by Marco Polo. It is built over the tomb of the Xiliang King in Gansu Province....

, a museum in China

China

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Wu studied architecture

Architecture

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 at university in China and then worked in the architecture field on buildings in Northwestern China. She has also been President of the YaSheng Group

Yasheng Group

Yasheng Group is a large agricultural, chemical, and biotechnology company in China. It is based in Gansu Province. The president of Yasheng Group in U.S. is M. Ping Wu. Its Chairman of the Board is Zhaou Changsheng. The company has over 15,000 employees....

, based in the Bay Area, California

California

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, USA. She is the Honorary Principal of the Silk Road Fine Art Research Institution.