JIA Yimin is Honorary Director of the Institute of Chinese Language Education of Huaqiao University, Director of the Collaborative Innovation Centre for Overseas Chinese Language Education and Chinese Culture Dissemination ("2011 Plan" of Fujian Province), former President of Huaqiao University (2011-2017), Professor and an expert enjoying the State Council’s Special Government Allowance. His main research fields are: overseas Chinese language education and international Chinese education, Marxist philosophy and aesthetics, literary theories and comparative literature. His publications include Comparative Literature and Modern Literary Theories (monography); Theories of Literature (Chief Editor); Comparative Literature and Comparative Aesthetics (Chief Editor); Collection of Essays on Language and Culture (Chief Editor).