Basic Information
Prof. Tao Yuan
Email: taoyuanhuahua@126.com
Address: Jiulonghu Campus, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-8142
Education
Ph.D. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Wuhan University, 2009–2012
M.A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Wuhan University, 2003–2005
B.A. in Russian, Shandong University, 1992–1996
Visiting Scholar, Kazan Federal University, Russia, 2014–2015 (sponsored by the China Scholarship Council)
Professional Experience
2020–Present Professor of Russian, School of Foreign Languages, Southeast University
2012–2020 Lecturer in Russian, School of Foreign Languages, Shaanxi Normal University
1996–2009 Lecturer in Russian, School of Foreign Languages, Anhui University of Finance and Economics
Biodata
She is a Level-3 Professor at Southeast University, doctoral supervisor, supervisor for post-doctoral program, and the chief expert of the National Social Science Fund. She has been engaged in research on world cultural diversity and cross-cultural communication, actively promoting international academic exchanges and cooperation, and is committed to serving national strategic needs. She has outstanding achievements in Sino-Russian exchanges and the dissemination of CPC’s soft power. In recent years, she has undertaken a major project of the National Social Science Fund Compilation and Research of the Files in Russia about the Education and Training Materials of the CPC’s Cadres during the Revolutionary Period(1919-1949), and other 3 general projects of the National Social Science Fund and the Chinese Academic Foreign Translation Project with total funding exceeding 2 million yuan. She published 4 academic works in Chinese and foreign languages (one of which is the first domestic Russian-Chinese corpus research work), 1 translated work (2 volumes, more than 1 million words), and published over 40 academic papers in Chinese, English and Russian; One of these papers was published in Russian Linguistics, one of the leading journals in Slavic linguistics, and with citation of more than 100 times (46 times by CNKI and 40 times by CSSCI).
Research Projects
1. Chief Expert, Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China:
“Compilation and Research of Files in Russia on the Education and Training of CPC Cadres during the Revolutionary Period (1919–1949)” (No. 22&ZD027), 2022–Present.
2. Principal Investigator, National Social Science Fund of China Project:
“Research on the Discourse Mechanism of Russian Database Construction and Translation of Chinese Political Discourse in the New Era” (No. 20BYY221), 2020–Present.
3. Principal Investigator, National Social Science Fund of China (Chinese Academic Translation Project):
Russian Translation of Outline of Chinese Historical Geography (No. 16WZS011), 2016 (Completed).
4. Principal Investigator, National Social Science Fund of China Project:
“A Study on the Translation of Academic Texts in Humanities and Social Sciences Based on a Russian–Chinese Parallel Corpus” (No. 13BYY026), 2013–2016 (Completed, rated “Good”).
Major Publications
1. Tao, Y. Chinese-Russian Diplomatic Translation. Peking University Press, 2024.
2. Tao, Y. Research on the Career Development Environment of Russian Language Teachers in New China. Southeast University Academic Library, 2023. (sole author)
3. Tao, Y. Основы исторической географии Китая (Outline of Chinese Historical Geography, Russian Version). St. Petersburg University of Economics Publishing House, 2020.
4. Tao, Y. History of Cultural Exchanges between China and Russia (17th Century to Present). Science Press, 2019. (first author)
5. Tao, Y. Archives on the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University in Russia and Prospects for Related Research. Foreign Theoretical Trends, 2025(4): 161–170. (in Chinese)
6. Tao, Y. A Study of CPC Cadre Education and Training at the International Lenin School and Its Historical Experience. Russian Studies, 2025(4): 135–152. (in Chinese)
7. Tao, Y. Archives of CPC Cadres Studying in the Soviet Union During the Revolutionary Period and Their Systematic Collation. Guangming Daily (Theory Edition), 24 April 2024. (in Chinese)
8. Tao, Y., & Cai, L. Chinese Russian language teachers’ agency in response to the New Liberal Arts policy: An ecological perspective. AILA Review, 2024.
9. Tao, Y. Russian language teachers’ professional agency against the backdrop of the New National Teaching Quality Standards in China: An ecological perspective. Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022, 23(5): 457–465.
10. Tao, Y., & Jiang, Z. H. Translation Universals of Как Structure: A Corpus-based Approach. Russian Linguistics, 2017, 41(1): 61–78.
Academic Positions & Social Affiliations
Editorial Board Member, Corpus Linguistics (Russia), 2019-Present
Evaluation Expert, National Social Science Fund Chinese Academic Translation Project, 2018-Present
Member, Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Computational Linguistics
Executive Director, Jiangsu Foreign Languages Association, 2022-Present
Honors and Awards
Excellent Instructor Award, National Russian Language Competition for University Students, 2024
Jiangsu Provincial Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award, 2025
Jiangsu Province "Shuangchuang Doctor" Award, 2021
Third Prize, Shaanxi University Social Science Achievement Award, 2017
