Xu Bing creates conceptual works that blend Chinese and Western visual languages with multilingual text elements, directly paralleling Zhang Xiaogang's use of French, Chinese, and English within a single narrative framework. His prints and mixed media works similarly engage with Chinese cultural identity and urban modernity through layered symbolic imagery.

Cai Guo-Qiang shares Zhang Xiaogang's interest in Chinese historical and political iconography rendered through bold, colorful printmaking and mixed media techniques that address contemporary Chinese urban and cultural experience. His work similarly bridges Eastern narrative traditions with Western contemporary art presentation formats.

Wang Guangyi is closely associated with Political Pop imagery that incorporates iconic Chinese architectural and governmental symbols including Tiananmen Square as a conceptual focal point, directly mirroring the subject matter and critical urban narrative of this lithograph. His colorful, graphic approach to Chinese modernity and historical memory aligns strongly with Zhang Xiaogang's printmaking sensibility.