The Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra is formed from staff and wind and strings students of the Conservatory and its purpose there is principally pedagogical. It also gives frequent concerts, often of new compositions, and performs regularly for television and radio and in the recording studio. Over the years the orchestra has introduced more than a hundred new works to the public. The conductors of the Conservatory Orchestra include Yang Jiaren and Wang Xiaotong, as well as Li Delun, Fan Chengwu, Chen Xieyang, Xia Feiyun, Hou Runyu and Zhang Guoyong.