He graduated in 1992 from Nanjing University with an MA (and later from Shanghai Jiaotong University with a PH.D in 2009) and became a full-time teacher of English language and translation at Qingdao University (1992-1993) and Jiangsu Educational Institute (1993-2007). He has edited or co-edited five dictionaries and published some academic articles on translating and translation theory published at core scholarly magazines of China. His research interests include Translation Studies, Text linguistics and Lexicography.