Professor Yao Xinzhong is the Dean of School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China and the founding director of Lau China Institute of King’s College London. Prior to these appointments, Professor Yao was Professor of Religion and Ethics at the University of Wales, Lampeter, and a senior research fellow at the Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford.Professor Yao has written a number of influential books and articles on the subject of Confucianism, including comparative studies with Christianity. He is the author and editor of the Encyclopaedia of Confucianism. In 1998, in recognition of his work promoting Confucianism in the UK, he was made honorary President of the Confucian Academy in Hong Kong.