董耀会，1957年生，《中国长城志》总主编、中国旅游协会长城分会会长、著名长城专家，中央宣传部宣教局核心价值观100名特聘讲师，国家文化公园建设工作专家咨询委员会专家委员。曾任中国长城学会常务副会长、首席专家，河北地质大学长城研究院院长、燕山大学中国长城文化研究与传播中心主任。
1984年5月4日至1985年9月和两位朋友一起，从山海关出发，历时508天，到达嘉峪关，完成了明长城的首次徒步考察。此后到北京大学，师从著名历史地理学家侯仁之先生学习和研究。
长期致力于长城的研究、保护、宣传和利用工作。著有《明长城考实》《瓦合集—长城研究文论》《守望长城—董耀会谈长城保护》《长城：追问与共鸣》《长城文化经济带建设研究》《长城国家文化公园建设研究》《何以长城》《长城徒步考察日记》等专著十余种。多次陪同来华访问的各国政要参观长城，1998年6月美国总统克林顿、2002年2月美国总统布什访华，他都作为国家指定专家陪同参观长城。
主持和参与多项国家社科基金及部省级长城相关的科研项目。2008年奥运会前受国务院新闻办委托，主编了大型画册《长城》，深受参加奥运会的各国代表团欢迎。2007-2017年主持国家“十二五”项目、国家出版基金项目《中国长城志》编纂工作，担任总主编。中州古籍出版社出版的《何以长城》为2024中宣部主题出版重点出版物、国家出版基金主题出版项目。2019年主持国家文旅部长城国家文化公园建设《长城文旅融合发展专项规划》的编制。2024年因保护长城、传承文化的贡献，被联合国非物质文化遗产基金会授予国际文化榜样称号。
Dong Yaohui, born in 1957, is the chief editor of China Great Wall Chronicles, President of the Great Wall Branch of the China Tourism Association, a renowned expert on the Great Wall, a specially appointed lecturer among the Top 100 Core Values Experts of the Publicity and Education Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, and an expert member of the Expert Advisory Committee for National Cultural Park Development. He has previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Expert of the China Great Wall Society, Director of the Great Wall Research Institute at Hebei University of Geosciences, and Director of the China Great Wall Culture Research and Dissemination Center at Yanshan University.
From May 4, 1984, to September 1985, accompanied by two friends, I set out from Shanhaiguan and after a journey of 508 days arrived at Jiayuguan, completing the first徒步 expedition along the Ming Great Wall. Subsequently, I studied under the renowned historical geographer Mr.Hou Renzhi at Peking University.
He has long been dedicated to the research, conservation, promotion, and utilization of the Great Wall. He is the author of more than ten monographs, including A Critical Study of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall, Collected Works: Essays on Great Wall Studies, Guarding the Great Wall: Dong Yao's Perspectives on Its Protection, The Great Wall: Questions and Resonances, Research on the Development of the Great Wall Cultural-Economic Belt, Research on the Establishment of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, Why the Great Wall?, and Diary of a Great Wall Hiking Expedition. He has accompanied numerous foreign dignitaries visiting China on their tours of the Great Wall; during the visits of U.S. President Bill Clinton in June 1998 and U.S. President George W. Bush in February 2002, he served as the state-designated expert accompanying them.
He has presided over and participated in numerous scientific research projects related to the Great Wall funded by the National Social Science Fund and provincial/ministerial-level programs. Prior to the 2008 Olympics, commissioned by the State Council Information Office, he edited the large-scale pictorial album The Great Wall, which was highly welcomed by delegations from various countries participating in the Games. From 2007 to 2017, he led the compilation of the national "12th Five-Year Plan" project and the National Publishing Fund project China Great Wall Chronicles as chief editor. The book Why the Great Wall?, published by Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House, was designated as a key thematic publication by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee in 2024 and a National Publishing Fund thematic publication project. In 2019, he spearheaded the development of the Special Plan for Integrated Development of Great Wall Cultural Tourism under the National Cultural Park initiative for the Great Wall, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In 2024, he was awarded the title of International Cultural Role Model by the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Foundation in recognition of his contributions to preserving the Great Wall and promoting cultural heritage.（注：来自智能翻译）
