| Bing Zhi |
1928, First director of Fan Memorial Institute of Biology |
| Wang Jiaji |
1934, First director of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica |
| Lu Dingheng |
1929, First director of the Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Peking |
| Chen Zhen |
1950-1951, Chairman of the Committee for Animal Specimens |
| Chen Shixiang |
1950-1953, Director of Laboratory of Entomology |
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1953-1962, Director of the Institute of Entomology, CAS |
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Tong Dizhou
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1957-1962, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS
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In 1962, Institute of Entomology and the Institute of Zoology merged into the present Institute of Zoology |
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Chen Shixiang |
1962-1982, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Zhu Hongfu |
1982-1983, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Zhao Jianming |
1983-1986, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Liu Shusen |
1986-1991, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Wang Zuwang |
1991-1999, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Huang Dawei |
1999-2003, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Zhang Zhibin |
2003-2008, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Meng Anming |
2008-2012, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Kang Le |
2012-2017, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Zhou Qi |
2017-2020, Director of the Institute of Zoology, CAS |
| Zhan Xiangjiang |
2020-2022, Deputy Director (Chair) of the Institute of Zoology, CAS | |
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