Dr. Jin is a professor in the Foreign Language College at Peking University. He has been a visiting scholar in the Research Institute for Regional Planning and Development at Keio University, the Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Kyung Nam University, the Academy of Korean Studies at Hanyang University, and at Chuo University. He received his B.A. from Yanbian University and received his Doctor of Laws from the College of International Relations at Peking University.