[1] Dong was born in a highly educated family in Shanghai in 1973, both her father and mother were graduates of Fudan University.
[1] Dong secondary studied at Jiaxing No.1 High School, she graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1993, where she majored in broadcast, then she studied at East China Normal University.
[1] From May 2002 to present, Dong worked in China Central Television.
The first episode of her show Readers went on air in February 2017 and became an instant hit.
[citation needed] She later married Chinese businessman Chunlei Mi.