Peng Xiaomin is married to WGM Qin Kanying.
[3] Peng competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000 in New Delhi, where he reached the third round having been beaten by Peter Svidler 2.5-1.5.
Peng was a World Top 100 Chess Player according to the FIDE ratings[4] from July 2000 to October 2002, while also at the same time was the third ranked Chinese player.
Although today he is still officially in the Top 10 in China, he has limited his activities to playing for and coaching his club team in the domestic Chinese chess league.
He is teaching Kelly Wang, Qiuyu Huang, Robert Liu, Zhong Wen Xuan, and other young Canadians.