RONG Xinjiang is a Professor and the Chairperson of Academic Committee of Department of History, and Chairperson of Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History, Peking University. His research mainly focuses on history of Sino-Western cultural exchanges, history of central Asia, history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and studies of Dunhuang and Turpan documents. He now serves as Cheung Kong Scholars Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education, Vice Chairperson of the Tang Dynasty Institute of China, and the Dunhuang and Turpan Institute of China.