1September, 1996—July, 2000, undergraduate student, Department of Social Psychology, School of Philosophy and Society, Jilin University;
From September 2000 to July 2003, he was a master's student in the Department of Sociology, School of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Jilin University.
From September 2003 to February 2006, he was a doctoral student majoring in Marxist philosophy in the School of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jilin University.
From September 2007 to February 2009, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology, China Academy of Social Sciences. He stayed on as a teacher in May 2004, was hired as a lecturer in September 2006, was hired as an associate professor in September 2008, and was selected as a master tutor in April 2009.