Professor Xu Shihong was born in October 1954 and has no party affiliation. Former Director of the Institute for Chinese Ancient Legal Documents of China University of Political Science and Law, Managing Director and Chairman of Professional Committee for Chinese Ancient Legal Documents of China Institute of Legal History. She enjoys special government allowance. She specializes in the research of Chinese legal history and ancient legal documents. She was engaged as a researcher of the China Central Institute for Culture and History (CCICH) in July 2020.