Professor Mao is a senior professor at the School of Foreign Languages of Beijing Normal University.

Professor Mao is distinguished professor from the School of Foreign Languages of Wuhan University.

Professor Mao is the vice president of China Intercultural Communication Research Association.

Professor Mao is the vice president of the Sino-American Comparative Culture Research Association.

Professor Mao is the Deputy Secretary-General of the National English Semiotics Research Association.

Professor Mao holds a master's degree in applied English from the English Department of Michigan State University.

Professor Mao returned to China on 1992 after completing the doctoral program in applied English in the English Department of Michigan State University.

Professor Mao has taught in the English Department of Soochow University and Peking University Foreign Studies University.

Professor Mao has been the director of the Institute of English Studies and Culture of Beijing Normal University since 1995.

Academic Leader of the National "2 1 1" English and Culture Project

Academic leader of "2 1 1" project "Cross-cultural communication and English education" in Wuhan.

The characteristics, academic status and significance of the main research direction;

Professor Mao is one of the founders of cross-cultural communication research and education in China. His main research interests are "English and culture" and "cross-cultural communication", which Professor Gu has studied for more than 20 years. These two directions belong to the branches of English studies, and they are also the main components of the development of international and foreign English studies since the 1960s. At present, almost all the annual meetings of the International English Society focus on external English learning issues such as English and culture, English and society. This kind of research can attract great attention from the international English community, not only because of its great academic and theoretical value, but also because of its wide application value. This kind of research is of great significance to China's international communication.

Professor Mao's research work has been affirmed and supported by Chinese academic circles, especially English academic circles: Gui Shichun and Liu Runqing, the famous English scholars in China, and Xu Jialu, Qi Yucun, Liu Shouhua, Shu and Zhuang Zhixiang, the founders of cross-cultural communication research in China, all regard English and Culture edited by Professor Mao as the most important representative in the field of English and cultural research in China. The academic circles also regard the book Intercultural Communication —— Hidden Culture in Foreign English Literature edited by Professor Gu as "a sign of the gradual deepening of intercultural communication research in China" or as "a breakthrough in intercultural communication research in China". The papers written by Professor Mao have been published in core academic journals such as English Teaching and Research, Foreign Literature, Foreign Languages, English World, Journal of English Institute of PLA, English and English Teaching, which have been highly praised by Xu Jialu and China.

Professor Mao has exerted a good international influence on the research and achievements of cross-cultural communication. The Global Online Computer Library Center (), headquartered in the United States, made a special page introduction to the above two books edited by Professor Gu, and more than ten international university libraries, including world-renowned universities, collected Professor Hao's works. The contemporary educational circles in Hong Kong also highly praised and fully affirmed Professor Gu's works. At the same time, Professor Mao's research work and academic achievements have also been highly affirmed by domestic colleagues and the former vice president of Beijing Foreign Studies University, the father of cross-cultural communication research in China. He was elected as the vice president of China Intercultural Communication Research Association, and assisted President Hu Wenzhong to lead the work of China Intercultural Communication Research Association.

Representative works:

English and culture, 1990, 1 version, 1999, the fifth printing, Shanghai English Education Press; In the second edition of 2002, it won the second prize of the first excellent book by East China University Press.

Cross-Cultural Communication —— Hidden Culture in Foreign English Literature, Beijing Normal University Press, 2000.

American English and American Culture, 1993, 1 edition, 1998, third printing, Hunan Education Press.

Foreign English Literature and Culture Series in the New Century, 200 1, Southeast University Press, etc.

Complete English Grammar (translated) 1989 (1 version), East China Normal University Press; 1998, jointly reprinted by East China Normal University Press and Hong Kong Longman Press, won the second prize of the first excellent book by East China University Press.

Main thesis:

Exclusivity, complementarity and self-perfection of culture. English Learning 1993 Phase III

A mirror analysis of individualism in English. Journal of PLA English Institute, No.2, 1996

Feminism and English. The third phase of English learning, 1987

English and culture--an eternal interdisciplinary research topic. English learning phase 4, 1998

Comments on the principles of intercultural communication in literary texts. Foreign languages 1998No. 1

The binary relationship between globalization and localization. Foreign Document No.2, 1999

Theoretical and practical analysis of the critical period hypothesis. Journal of PLA English College, No.3, 2000

The emphasis and difficulty of intercultural communication research from the perspective of cultural structure. English and English Teaching,No. 1, 2002

English acquisition and cultural acquisition. Journal of Beijing Normal University Social Science Edition International Exchange Album of Foreign English Literature 2002

A Study of China Semiotics Towards the Stage of Characteristic Innovation. English and English Teaching, No.5, 2003

English is both arbitrary and non-arbitrary-on the complementary relationship between arbitrariness and iconicity of English symbols. English and English Teaching, No.6, 2004