Xiaping Jiang, whose ancestral home is Yanzhou in Shandong Province, was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, in 1956. She holds an MBA and is chairperson of Jiadi Group Co., Ltd., and Yangzhou Jiadi Garment Co., Ltd. She is also an author. Among Ms. Jiang's works are the teleplay Phoenix Nirvana (凤凰涅槃), the novel Where Has Love Gone? (情归何处), and the collection of short stories The Boat Family (船上人家).