Vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, member of the Leading Party Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Female, Han nationality, born in November 1943, native of Mianyang, Hubei Province. Started to take up a job in 1968; joined the Communist Party of China in 1963; graduate of Department of Chinese Language, Beijing University; master’s degree.

Studied at the Department of Chinese Language, Beijing University in 1962-1968; high school teacher of Xiaoyi County, Shanxi Province; teacher of Chinese Language of the High School attached to Beijing University in 1972-1978; enrolled in the Department of Linguistics of Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1978; awarded master’s degree of Literature in 1981; worked as assistant research fellow, associate research fellow, research fellow in the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 1981; deputy director, director of the Division of Modern Chinese, deputy director-general, director-general of the Institute of Linguistics in succession; and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, member of the Leading Party Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences starting from 1998.

Member of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; deputy director of Social and Legal Affairs Committee, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; member of the Discipline Evaluation Group of Linguistics, Academic Degree Committee of the State Council; head of the Discipline Assessment Group of Linguistics, National Social Science Foundation; deputy director of the National Committee of Science and Technology Terminology Approval; president of the Chinese Association of Dictionary; standing director of the Chinese Association of Linguistics; dean of the Department of Linguistics of Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; doctoral supervisor; part-time professor in Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Jinan University in Guangzhong, Central China Science and Technology University, Beijing Languages and Culture University, and Heilongjiang University.