Fu Xianguo, male, was born in March 1960 in Jiyuan City, Henan Province. In September 1979, he began his studies in archaeology at the Department of Anthropology of Sun Yat-sen University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree. In September 1983, he pursued further studies in archaeology at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and obtained a master’s degree. In September 1986, he joined the Prehistoric Archaeology Division of the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 

He has served as a research fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; team leader of the South China Team No.1 of the Institute of Archaeology; director of the Prehistoric Archaeology Division of the Institute of Archaeology; master’s supervisor at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; and council member of the Archaeological Society of China.

His research focuses on prehistoric archaeology, particularly in South China and Southeast Asia. During this period, from 1987 to 1988, he participated in the teaching corps organized by central state organs and taught at the No.1 Middle School of Zhongyuan Oilfield in Puyang City, Henan Province. From July 1992 to July 1994, he studied as a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the University of Washington in the United States. 

He has participated in excavations at sites such as Xuejiagang in Qianshan, Anhui; Pingliangtai in Huaiyang, Henan; Yuchisi in Mengcheng, Anhui; and Tung Wan Tsai on Ma Wan Island, Hong Kong, as well as in prehistoric archaeological surveys in the Jiaozuo region of Henan. He has led prehistoric archaeological surveys in Guangxi and excavations at sites including Dingshishan in Yongning, Guangxi; Baozitou in Nanning; Taipingyan and Dayan in Lingui; Zengpiyan in Guilin; Lanjiacun and Liyuzui in Liuzhou; as well as Shenwan, Longyanzi, and Saoguanhu in Hong Kong. The excavation of the Dingshishan site in Yongning, Guangxi, which he directed, was recognized as one of China’s Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of 1997. The excavation of the Zengpiyan site in Guilin, Guangxi, which he led, received the Second Prize for Field Archaeology Awards by the National Cultural Heritage Administration for 2001–2002. 

His paper "Excavation of the Dingshishan Site in Yongning County, Guangxi" was awarded the Third Prize in the Third Youth Outstanding Research Achievement Awards of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The book Zengpiyan in Guilin, which he edited, received the Second Prize in the Sixth Research Achievement Awards of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and was named the Best Archaeological Excavation Report of 2003 by the China Cultural Relics News.

•Fu Xianguo et al. Guilin Zengpiyan [Zengpiyan Site in Guilin]. Cultural Relics Press, 2003.

•Fu Xianguo. "A Discussion on Stone Yue Axes of the Neolithic Age in China". Archaeology, No. 9, 1985.

•Fu Xianguo. "ON STEPPED STONE ADZES AND SHOULDERED STONE IMPLEMENTS". Acta Archaeologica Sinica, No. 1, 1988.

•Fu Xianguo et al. "A Brief Report on the 1996 Prehistoric Archaeological Survey in Guangxi". Archaeology, No. 10, 1997.

•Fu Xianguo et al. "Excavation of the Dingsishan Site in Yongning County, Guangxi". Archaeology, No. 11, 1998.

•Fu Xianguo et al. "An Initial Outline of the Prehistoric Cultural Landscape in the Guilin Area". China Cultural Relics News, p. 1, April 4, 2001.

•Fu Xianguo et al. 2002. "The Dingsishan Site and the Prehistory of Guangxi, South China". Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 22: 63-72.

•Fu Xianguo. "A Preliminary Study on the Development Sequence of Prehistoric Cultures in Guangxi", in Tao Li Cheng Xi Ji: Festschrift in Honor of Professor An Zhimin's 80th Birthday. Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, pp. 194-204, 2004.