Tao Siyan, a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, was born in November 1947. He is a member of the China Zhi Gong Party, Director of the Institute of Oriental Culture, professor and tutor of Ph.D. students at the Southeast University and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Folk Literature and Art Society. He was a deputy to the 11th NPC. He was engaged as a researcher of the CCICH in February 2011.