China Academy of Art
From November 1979 to November 1984 Pan was a lecturer in the Department of Chinese Painting, China Academy of Art, before becoming the head of the department in 1987. In 1992 he was a visiting professor to the United States and received an honorary doctor degree of art there. From April 1996 to May 2001 he was the president of the China Academy of Art. Pan has been the president of Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) since June 2001.