Fei Xiaotong,191011.2 was born in Wujiang, Jiangsu. The main research directions are sociology theory and method, urban and rural sociology, ethnosociology, social anthropology, cultural anthropology and ethnology. 1933 graduated from yenching university with a bachelor's degree in sociology. 1935 graduated from Tsinghua University graduate school. /kloc-0 arrived in England in the autumn of 936, studied under Bumarin Noszky, and wrote the paper jiang village economy according to his investigation results in Wujiang. 1938 received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of London. 1940— 1945 Professor of Sociology, Yunnan University. 1945 to 1952 served as vice president of Tsinghua University and professor of sociology. 1952 ——1957 once served as vice president of the central institute for nationalities, professor of anthropology and academician of China academy of sciences. 1957 ——1982 Professor of Anthropology, Central University for Nationalities. 1978- 1982 deputy director, institute of ethnic studies, China academy of social sciences. 1980 ——1982 director, institute of sociology, Chinese academy of social sciences. 1979 professor of sociology in Peking University, and was hired as a visiting professor by McGill University in the same year. 1982 ——1985 honorary director of the institute of sociology, China academy of social sciences. 1985 director of Peking University institute of sociology; 1980 was awarded the annual honorary award of Marin Noszky by the International Society of Applied Anthropology in Denver, USA. 198 1 was awarded the Huxley Medal of the Year by the Royal Anthropological Society in London, England. 1982 was hired as an honorary academician by the School of Economics and Politics, University of London. 1988 won the United Nations Encyclopedia Britannica Award; 1989 was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by the University of Hong Kong. 1993 won the Asian Culture Award in Fukuoka, Japan. 1994 was awarded the McGonagall Prize in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the successful application of social science theory to the rural economic and social development in China.