Xu Xi,known as the"Father of Chinese Plastics",is a famous polymer materials scientist in China.As a researcher,he built China's first plastics factory,founded the first plastics major in Chinese universities,created a new direction of polymer power chemistry,and boosted the national defense industry and oil exploration.As an educator,he published the first polymer textbook"Principles of Polymer Chemistry"in Chinese higher engineering colleges,and cultivated a large number of excellent talents with his rigorous scientific attitude.This paper reviews the life and work of Mr Xu Xi.By reviewing Mr Xu Xi's study experience and scientific research history,this paper focuses on Mr Xu Xi's outstanding contributions to China's plastics industry,national defence industry,and education and teaching.