Yuan Qin has been a professor at the Genome and Biotechnology Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University since June 2014. She obtained a PhD in Developmental Biology from the School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University in July 2006. In addition, she is also a representative of the 14th National People's Congress, Vice Chairman of the 14th Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Dean of the School of Life Sciences at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.