In July 1996, he graduated from the first Department of Mechanical Engineering of Gansu University of Technology with a bachelor's degree in casting. In July 2002, he received a master's degree in materials processing engineering from the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Gansu University of Technology. In June 2006, he graduated from the Material Processing Engineering Department of Lanzhou University of Technology with a doctoral degree in engineering. From June 2010 to May 2011, he was a visiting member of the National Advanced Tribology Center, University of Southampton, UK.