Preparatory Committee consists of leadership group and the secretariat
Leadership Group:
Head

Zhou Ji (Minister of MOE)

Deputy Head
Zhang Xinsheng (Vice-minister of MOE)
Wu Qidi (Vice-minister of MOE)
Yan Juanqi (Vice-mayor of shanghai)

Zheng Shushan (Assistant of the minister, President of National Academy of Education Administration)

Secretariat:

Secretary-General

Zheng Shushan (Assistant of the minister, President of National Academy of Education Administration)
Executive Under-Secretary-General

Jiang Ping (Deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Municipal government)
Wang Xuming (Deputy Director of the General Office of MOE)
Yu Jiaqing (Former Executive Vice President of National Academy of Education Administration)
Under-Secretary-General

Wang Qi (Deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission)

Xi Jieren (Executive Vice President of China Pudong College of Cadres)

Wu Degang (Director of Department of Personnel of MOE)

Chen Weiguang (Deputy Director of Department of Finance of MOE)

Gao Wenbing (Director of Education Department of MOE directed universities)

Cen Jianjun (Deputy Director of Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of MOE)