In 1991, Dong Xiao graduated from the Department of Russian Language and Literature at Nanjing University with a bachelor’s degree. In 1994, he obtained his master’s degree in Russian Language and Literature from the School of Foreign Studies at Nanjing University. In 1999, he earned his Ph.D. in Chinese Literature from Beijing Normal University and joined the post-doctoral research station in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing University. He stayed on as a faculty member in the Department of Comparative Literature and World Literature at Nanjing University after completing the post-doctoral research in 2001. He is currently the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Nanjing University, a professor in Comparative Literature and World Literature, and a Ph.D. supervisor. He specializes in the study and translation of Russian literature and Sino-Russian literary relations. He has published works such as Approaching “Золотая роза”: Paustovsky’s Theory of Creation, Saint or Devil: The Life of Netchayev, Utopia and Anti-Utopia: Confrontation and Transformation - A Study of the Development of Soviet Literature, and The Comedy Essence of Chekhov’s Plays (which was selected for the Excellent Achievement Library of Philosophy and Social Science of China in 2015 and won the 2nd Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education in 2019), as well as translations such as Untimely Thoughts (by Maxim Gorky, co-translation) Works of Tsvetayeva (Essays and Memoirs), Everything Flows (by Vasily Grossman), and The White Rainbow: Selected Short Stories by Paustovsky. He also has published various academic papers. He serves as the Vice President of the Jiangsu Comparative Literature Association, Vice President of the Foreign Literature Professional Committee of the China Higher Education Association, Executive Director of the China Association for Russian Literature Studies, and the chief expert of the Major Research Project of the Ministry of Education “Compilation of Multi-volume History of Russian Drama and Research on Important Materials Translation”. He was awarded the title of “Excellent Young and Middle-aged Discipline Leader of Jiangsu Province” in 2012 and the “New Century Talents Project” by the Ministry of Education in 2013.