He received his BA in Cinematography and PhD in Film Studies from Beijing Film Academy. He earned his MA in Film Studies from Peking University. His research mainly focuses on Chinese film history, the mass cultural consumption of film, and the cinematography of contemporary Chinese cinema. He has published several journal papers and books about these research areas, such as The History of Cultural Consumption of Film on Shanghai Nanking Road (1895-1937) (China Film Press, 2011). His current research project concerns the interactivity of mass cultural and film consumption under socialized media environment. He won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of Beijing in 2011. He is also a documentary filmmaker.