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Xiao Tong was born in Qingdao in 2008. He made major progress toward the grandmaster title during a European tournament trip in 2023. At the Orillas de Mar Open that July, he shared first with four other players, finishing behind Abhijeet Gupta on tiebreak. He earned a GM norm there and another at Benasque later that month. A September event in Budapest supplied his third norm.

FIDE awarded Xiao the grandmaster title in 2024 without his first holding the international master title. At the 2024 Biel festival, he won the rapid Fischer Random tournament unbeaten. He won the China New Stars tournament in 2025. Two months later, he became Chinese national champion in Xinghua, scoring five wins and six draws. His eight points gave him sole first place ahead of a group including Kong Xiangrui and Zhang Di.