Xiangshu Piao is a Professor at the College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University (CAU), and the Ministry of Agriculture Feed Industry Centre (MAFIC). She received her doctorate from Seoul National University, South Korea. She is a director of the Department of Education and Research in the MAFIC. She is widely recognized for her dedicated research on monogastric nutrition, and is mainly engaged in the evaluation of the nutritional value of raw materials and formulation; research on alternative products of antibiotics growth promoters (AGPs); and professional teaching, including the “Swine Nutrition” course for undergraduate students at CAU. She has presided over more than 50 scientific research projects nationally and abroad; edited and participated in the compilation of seven monographs and teaching materials; and she has published more than 200 scientific research papers. From 2020 to 2023, she has consistently been recognized as one of the Elsevier 'Highly Cited Chinese Researchers'. She has functioned as Associate Editor for Animal Nutrition. She is a Syndic in the Animal Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine. She has won the first prize in the “ShenNong Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Award”.