Jin Qiangyi was born on November 4, 1956. He graduated from Lanzhou University with a B.A. in philosophy in July 1982. From August 1982 to December 1987, he taught at Yanbian University as a lecturer. From January 1988 to present, he has been a professor of International Politics at Yanbian University. He served as the Head of the Political Science Department, Director of the Institute of Northeast Asian International Politics, Director of the Northeast Asia Research Institute, Head of Chosun-Korea Research Center, and Senior Researcher of the Chosun Korea Research Center, and so on at Yanbian University. He is now serving as a professor of International Politics and researcher of the Chosun Korea Research Center at Yanbian University. The main field of his research is the Korean Peninsula, China's Northeast Asian development strategy, and the Korean Peninsula situation. He has published around 60 papers on related topics.