Thomas Yin was born in Sichuan Province and educated in China. He graduated from Beijing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Graduate School in the 1980s & 1990s with a B. A., M. A. Economics and Ph. D Economics respectively. During his post graduation program, he participated in two important programs, including one-year English language training at CASS-UCLA English Training Center in 1987-1988, and one-year Economics courses study at Nanjing University-Johns Hopkins University Center For Chinese and American Studies in 1988-1989.
He used to work in CASS as a research fellow for three years. Mr. Yin speaks fluent English. He is a great master of public relations in dealing with Chinese government departments and industry associations. He gained much experience in integrating academic research and Chinese market studies and wrote many articles, papers and reports on the above topics and had them published on Chinese newspapers, magazines and books.