Since 1996, Xu Duo has been elected as vice chairman of Dalian Writers Association and director of Liaoning Writers Association. In 1998, he joined the Chinese Writers Association and the Chinese Prose Society. Over the years, apart from writing, he has also been involved in the art of calligraphy and painting. Xu Duo's calligraphy and painting works have participated in many contemporary Chinese writers' handwriting exhibitions and contemporary literati calligraphy and painting exhibitions, and once won the gold medal in the National Couplet Calligraphy Exhibition. In 2009, seven units including "Chinese Calligraphy and Painting News", "Youth Literature" magazine, and "Yalu River" literary monthly published jointly held the "Writer Xu Duo's Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition". Known as "the best writer", his calligraphy and painting works have been published in more than 20 domestic newspapers and periodicals, and have received many praises and aroused great repercussions. Faces of Dalian
At the end of August, Xu Duo's novel "Big Pier" was just published, and a public sale ceremony will be held soon. This Shanghai-style novel set in Dalian Port details the vicissitudes of Dalian in the decades from the Russo-Japanese War to Japan's defeat and surrender in 1945. When this novel was first created, it was listed as a key support project of the Chinese Writers Association. After 15 months and three draft revisions, Xu Duo finally completed this 400,000-word novel. I thought he could just relax, but unexpectedly, he started writing another novel "Educated Youth Staying in the City".
Xu Duo said that over the years, he has developed the habit that the first thing he does when he gets up every morning is to sit down at his desk and write.