Shao Longhai (1943) was from Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province. He graduated from the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts in 1965 with a bachelor degree in oil painting. In the same year, he entered the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Studio. He has created historical oil paintings for the Lu Xun Memorial Hall, the Shanghai Longhua Martyrs Cemetery, the Zou Taofen Memorial Hall, the Nanjing Yuhuatai Memorial Hall, Shanghai History Museum, and others. He created, or cooperated on, large-scale murals for the Shanghai Baoshan Hotel, the Shiliupu Passenger Terminal, the Shanghai Stadium, and the Shanghai Building.