Xiaoshi Wei holds a PhD degree in ethnomusicology from Indiana University, and is currently a Newton International Fellow at SOAS, University of London. He is also the director of the China Database for Traditional Music in Beijing and a research associate at the Archives of Traditional Music (ATM) at Indiana University. In 2017, Xiaoshi assisted the ATM in initiating “First Recordings from China: The Berthold Laufer Chinese Recordings Project”.