Yu Xingzhong graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Lanzhou University with a bachelor's degree in literature. In the same year, he taught at Northwest University of Political Science and Law. From May 1985 to September 1986, he was a visiting scholar at the Australian National University's Institute of Thought History. He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University in 1988, obtained a master's degree in law from Harvard University in 1991, and a doctorate in law from Harvard University in 1995. From 1995 to 1998, he worked at Baker McKenzie Law Firm. From March to June 1998, he was a visiting professor at Peking University. In August 1998, he was a senior researcher and lecturer at Harvard Law School. Department of Political Science and Administration. Since 2002 he has been employed as a Distinguished Professor of Northwest University of Political Science and Law. Since January 2012, he has been appointed as the Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Chair Professor at Cornell University Law School. Since November 2013, he has been employed as a professor at Hangzhou Normal University Law School.
