Ms. Katherine Rong Xin received a master’s degree in applied linguistics from the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院研究生院) in July 1986, and a master's degree in business administration (MBA) from the California State University in June 1991. She obtained a doctor's degree in business administration from the University of California in June 1995. Ms. Katherine Rong Xin has been a professor of management since September 2001 at the China Europe International Business School (中欧国际工商学院). She served as an assistant professor of management at the University of Southern California from September 1995 to August 1999. She served as an associate professor of management at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from September 1999 to August 2001, and as a professor of management in the Faculty of IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland from August 2006 to December 2009. Ms. Katherine Rong Xin was awarded the Chinese Most Cited Researchers by Elsevier, a global provider of scientific, technical, and medical information, for seven consecutive years from 2014 to 2020.