Zhou Xiaodong, male, is from Jingxian County, Anhui Province. His pen name is Youpo Jushi. He currently lives in Beijing. Member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, member of the Chinese Hard Pen Calligraphers Association, researcher of the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Research Institute, secretary-general of the Painting and Calligraphy School of the China Peace Promotion Association, director of the Ocean Painting School Theory Department of the Singapore Nanyang Academy of Painting, and director of the Painting and Calligraphy Academy. He specializes in calligraphy from the two kings, and has written on all the calligraphies of the past dynasties. He has been taught by famous calligraphers such as Ouyang Zhongshi. It forms a style with strong bones and strong muscles, beautiful and elegant, dripping ink and majestic appearance. He has won many awards for calligraphy. In 1995, his calligraphy "Jianjinjiu" won the special prize at the Jinan Military Region Calligraphy and Painting Award. In December of the same year, his calligraphy "Military and Civilian Rain Sentiment" won the first prize in the "Military Region Dual-Use Talent Cup Calligraphy and Painting Competition". In June 1995, the calligraphy "Military Soul" was published in the People's Liberation Army Daily. In 2000, his work won the gold medal at the 2050 Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition to commemorate the birth of Confucius. In 2009, his four-striped screen "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night" was presented to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by the China Peace Promotion Association as a national gift. In 2010, his work "Diamond Sutra" in small regular script was collected by the Thai Buddhist Association. In 2011, his work "Soul of the Mountain" was collected by Hebei Erliang Memorial Hall. In 2012, he presented a book for World Peace Week. Representative works include "Zhou Xiaodong's regular script "Heart Sutra"", "Zhou Xiaodong's small regular script "Diamond Sutra"", "Zhou Xiaodong's Running Script Couplet Collection", etc.