Xing was born in
Xinjiang, China, in 1969. A graduate from the department of geology of
Peking University, he is currently a researcher at the
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences in
Beijing. He had originally planned to become an economist. However, he was assigned to the department of geology by the Chinese authorities. He graduated in 1995, and claims inspiration from
Roy Chapman Andrews. Among Xu's paleontological contributions have been discovery and analysis of dinosaur fossils with avian characteristics, and development of theories in regarding the evolution of
feathers. In 2024, Xu became a laureate of the
Asian Scientist 100 by the
Asian Scientist. ==Genera described by Xu Xing==