Xu Jialu (Chinese: 许嘉璐; pinyin: Xǔ Jiālù; born 1937) was a vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and was head of the College of Chinese Language and Culture at Beijing Normal University.
Xu was born in Beijing, though his ancestral home is in Huai'an, Jiangsu.
[1] He studied at Beijing Normal University from 1954 to 1959[2] and graduated with a degree in Chinese literature.
He worked as assistant lecturer, associate professor, dean and finally vice-president at Beijing Normal University from 1959 to 1987.
[2] In 2003, Xu received an honorary doctorate from the Hong Kong Baptist University.