Tian Xing, born in Changsha, Hunan Province, is an Associate Professor who received a doctorate from Hunan Agricultural University, a master's degree in Food Production Management from the University of Nottingham, and is a National Level II public dietitian, an Intermediate Food Sensory Evaluator for the IFST, and has a food safety Level II qualification as a food industry practitioner from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, UK. He is currently a teacher in the Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, and is a member of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies' Committee on Medicinal Diet and Therapeutic Food Research.