Pei Haozheng

Pei started folding paper when he was in kindergarten. At first, he learned origami from teachers and parents, and later he copied the patterns from books.

In early 2007, Pei came across a crease pattern designed by Robert J. Lang, an origami master from the United States. It was mind-blowing for him, opening a new world of the craft.

Pei continued to learn origami through theory books, such as Origami Design Secrets by Lang. As the quantity of his work grew, so did the variety and quality.

During the middle school period, Pei created several unique designs, including a 60-centimeter-tall work featuring an angel with six wings folded from a 2-meter-long square sheet of paper. It took him numerous attempts to get everything right.

In 2016, Pei won a bronze prize at the International Origami Internet Olympiad (IOIO). The next year, he became the champion in the competition. For the event's final task, Pei folded an ancient Chinese woman holding a mirror from a sheet of handmade xuanzhi (rice paper), which impressed judges with its exquisite shape and Eastern style.

In 2018, Pei was invited to be the event's task designer. His work Bailuyuan was selected as the edition's mascot.[4]

In 2019, Pei attended the Zijin Grass International Peace Summer School and taught origami to a dozen of international peace envoys.[6][9]

In 2021, his renowned artworks, such as Zijin Grass, Yuanhang Bainian ("100 years of sailing"), and Join Hands to Build a Peaceful China,[10] were displayed in an exhibition — "The Praise of Youth · Centennial of the Original Mind" in Beijing, China. The exhibition attracted over 72,500 visitors. [11]

In 2022, to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, Pei released a tutorial on how to use a newspaper to fold into a flower, named The Flower in May — representing the country’s young generation.[12][13]

On 9 September 2022, a Guinness World Record — The most origami flowers made from a single sheet of paper (100) was achieved by Pei in Beijing, China.The origami paper used measures 3 m (9 ft 10.08 in) x 3 m (9 ft 10.08 in) and was folded by 4 people. Pei and his team crafted an origami deer with 100 twisty roses on its antlers. It took the team for 5 days to complete it.[3]

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  The Lotus and the Dragonfly, 2017
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  St.Michael and Satan, 2019
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  The God of Deer, 2019
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  The Peacock, 2016
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  The Lotus, 2016
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  Zijin Grass, 2009
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  Join Hands to Build a Peaceful China, 2019
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  The Sailboat, 2018
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  The Cove, 2018
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  The Deity of Mirror, 2010
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  The Hermit Crab, 2018
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  The Earth, 2015
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  Yuanhang Bainian, 2021
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  The Light from Heaven, 2011
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  The Tale of Two Dragons, 2020
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  The Giant Squid Attacks the Sailboat, 2019
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  The Mermaid, 2016
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  The 3D Rose Tessellation, 2018
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  The Death, 2019
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  The Ballet, 2017

In 2017 and 2018, Pei was invited to attend the Chinese version of Super Brain, a competitive reality show on Jiangsu Satellite TV. The show gave him an opportunity to meet Lang, both as judges for the show. Pei made 20 models for display there and Lang praised his techniques.

In late 2018, Pei took up the challenge of creating a solar panel in origami style at Forward to the Future, a science show on China Central Television. He successfully built the panel that folds up to 1 square meter－while unfolded, it becomes a structure of 81 square meters.[4]

In 2020, Pei participated in 10 editions of Power of Youth, a competitive reality show on Anhui Satellite TV. He successfully went through all the challenges about ancient and modern civilization and won the most "power medals" as well as a scientific research fund.[14]

In 2021, on behalf of Chinese youth, Pei was invited to express his ideas at Voice, the first open class for youth on China Central Television. He gave an "Ice Cube" Voronoi tessellation model to Zheng Fang, the architect of several Olympic stadiums in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.[8][15]

In 2022, Pei was invited to deliver a speech titled "5 Minutes to Change the Future" at Day Day Up on Hunan Satellite TV, bringing a new perspective to the audience.[7]

• Christoph Reinhardt: The great-grandson of German businessman John Rabe, often described as China's Oskar Schindler.

• Stephen Brady: A relative of US doctor Richard Freeman Brady, who helped to set up a protection zone during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937.[4]
• Angelina Reinhardt:[6] The adopted daughter of Christoph Reinhardt.[9]
• Rick Magee:[6] The grandson of US Episcopal priest John Magee, who shot films during the Nanjing Massacre.[9]
• Du Jialei: The award winner in the "2020 Exhibition of Architectural Design in Developing Countries" and the bronze medal winner at the IOIO IX.[10][24]
• The left-over children at Nanjing Gaochun Xilian Primary School.[6]

• Pei Haozheng in Baidu Baike (in Chinese)
• Pei Haozheng on Sina Weibo (in Chinese)
• Pei Haozheng on Facebook
• Interview with Pei Haozheng, by Wang Qian, featured in China Daily, 2021