He holds a PhD in translation studies from Fudan University (Shanghai, China) and an MA in English Language and Literature from Suzhou University (Jiangsu, China). He is an English-Chinese translator specializing in the translation of works of especially philosophy, history and literature (such as essays and short stories). He has been a teacher of translation between English and Chinese for as long as 12 years. He is also a contributor of translation studies to some international academic journals of translation such as Meta: Translators' Journal and Perspectives: Studies in Translatology. His research interests include translation history, translation teaching, the sociology of translation, and the discourse analysis and intertextuality approaches of translation studies.