Mr Xudong Li got his BSc degree (solid state physics) at Sichuan University in 1983 and then worked as an engineer in Tianjin Synthetic Diamond Company. He began his studies on biomaterials for MSc at Analytical & Testing Center of Sichuan University in 1988, and became an academic staff (assistant/associate researcher) at the university. As awardee of Andrew Carnegie PhD research scholarship (IOM3), Xudong registered in 2000 as a PhD student at the materials department of Queen Mary, University of London. He joined in the National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University as full professor of biomaterials in 2004.