Ding Xiao currently serves as Level-I Counsel of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources.

He assists in overseeing the General Office, the Land and Spatial Ecological Restoration Division (Mineral Resources Management Office), the Geological Exploration Management Division, the Finance Division, and the Beijing Center for Natural Resources Management and Restoration.

He is also responsible for liaison with the Beijing Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration and the Commission’s Fangshan Branch.