He rose to fame in the 1990s as a campus folk songwriter and later became a prominent entertainment executive and media personality.
[1][2] From 2015 to 2021, Gao served as Chairman of the Alibaba Entertainment Strategic Committee and AliMusic.
[2][3] In September 2021, he was blacklisted in China, with his talk shows removed from platforms, reportedly due to his "historical nihilism" and pro-Western views.
[4][5] Xiaosong Pedia: June 2014 - December 2016 Morning Call: March 2012 - June 2014 Today in History: January 2013 - December 2013 In 2015, Gao founded the nonprofit Zashuguan Library and has been its curator since then.
The library has a collection of over 800,000 books and documents, the majority of which were published during the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China period.