Dr. Adil Jumaturdu is a research fellow at the Institute of Ethnic Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Professor of University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(UCASS). His research focuses on the oral epic tradition, especially on the Kirghiz epic Manas. He has conducted long-term field work on Kirghiz oral tradition in Xinjiang. As a prolific senior researcher, he has published more than ten monographs, including Jüsüp Mamay, Master Performer of the Kirghiz Manas Epic: A Critical Biography, Folk Literature of Central Asia, The Singer of the Kirghiz Epic Manas, etc. He has also published more than one hundred research papers on various topics.