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Xiong Zhiyuan is a Chinese popular-science writer and one of the authors of the Beidou Asks the Cosmos popular-science series. The series focuses on the BeiDou satellite navigation system, with volumes covering satellite navigation and infrastructure, the BeiDou-3 system, and satellite navigation in everyday life; the books fall under the category of industrial technology. Publicly available information shows that Xiong has long followed platforms such as the official website of the BeiDou satellite navigation system, the BeiDou Open Laboratory, and the BeiDou Science and Technology Culture Network, and has written dozens of original pieces, gaining considerable influence in related forums. Information about his personal life, education, and professional career is limited in public sources; what can be confirmed is his continued effort to introduce the technical content and applications of the BeiDou system to the public through popular-science writing that combines professionalism with readability.