The painter Cheng Tsai-tung, noted for the "rat-race dropout" spirit reflected in his works, moved to Shanghai in 2000 and took part last year in a big contemporary art exhibition in the PRC. The event featured famous painters from three different phases of the post-Cultural Revolution period, including Zhang Xiaogang and Yue Minjun.
作品中抒發生命情感、畫風有著晚明頹廢氣息的鄭在東在千禧年定居上海，並於去年參加大陸重要的「當代繪畫新形象」大展，這項大展網羅了大陸改革開放以來三大階段的知名畫家包括張曉剛、岳敏君等。