Feng Xiaotian, PhD of Sociology, Peking University. He is a distinguished professor of Nanjing University, doctoral supervisor; member of the Sociology Review Group of National Social Science Foundation;

In March 1978, he was admitted to the Department of Mathematics of Central China Normal University. In January 1982, he graduated with a bachelor degree in Science and worked in the university. In September 1985, he was admitted to the postgraduate class of the Department of Sociology of Peking University and graduated in July 1987. At the same time, he was admitted to the Department of Sociology of Peking University. He graduated in June 1990 and received a doctor's degree of law. He was rated as a lecturer in June 1987 and promoted to a professor in January 1993. In October 1993, he was awarded the "special government allowance" by The State Council. In 1997, he was awarded as the "Cross-century Academic Leader of Hubei Province" and In 2012, he was awarded as the Distinguished Professor of Nanjing University.

He was the first and second member of the Sociology Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education; Executive Vice President of Hubei Sociology Association, The Vice-President of the Hubei Provincial Population Association, Vice President of Hubei Provincial Family Education Research Association, Professor of Hubei Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, Vice President of Wuhan Social Security Association; Member of Academic Committee of Nanjing University (2008-2012), etc.

Since 1996, he has been employed as honorary professor of People's Public Security University of China; distinguished Professor of Zhejiang Normal University, China Youth College for Political Science, Guangxi Normal University; Guiyang Institute of Humanities and Science and Technology; Adjunct professor of Central China Normal University, Huazhong Agricultural University, Henan Normal University, South China Agricultural University, Nanjing Finance and Economics University, Central South University, South China University, Anhui Inner Mongolia Finance and Economics Normal University, Chengdu Polytechnic University, Northwest University, Nanchang University, Hubei Arts College, Changzhou University, Xi' an University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou University of Electronic Science and Technology.

His main research areas are social research methods, youth sociology, family sociology, population sociology, the only child problem, etc. Published alone, co-author, editor-in-chief, more than 30 textbooks; He has published more than 160 papers in academic journals such as Chinese Social Science, Sociology Research, Education Research, Society, and Population Research.

Email: xtfeng@nju.edu.cn