Shi Xuemin is an cademician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a traditional Chinese medicine master, and a renowned expert of acupuncture and moxibustion, with honors conferred by the national government. Shi is a doctoral supervisor, a national expert with outstanding contributions, an expert with special allowances from the State Council, Vice-Chairman of the China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, Chairman of the Tianjin Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, and Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinical Research Association. He has also held the posts of Senior Advisor of the European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association and the First Associate President of the Institute of Chinese Traditional Medicine of Bavaria, Federal Germany. He was on the fifth list of recommended representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.