Prof. Lin Jintong graduated from Peking University and received the first degree in physics. He pursued his studies in Electronic Engineering and got MSc degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, and PhD degree from Southampton University, U.K.

After eight years of working experience in the Education Bureau of local government, he started his teaching and scientific research at university in 1978. Since then his research interest has been shifted to technologies in optical fibre and optical communications, with productive findings embodied in 146 research papers in different Journals and conference presentations. He also wrote two academic books published in China and USA, respectively. Because of his active and innovative work in his research field, he has been invited to deliver speeches and presentations nine times at various international conferences in USA, Norway, Japan, Korea, UK, as well as in China.

He also won different honours and fellowships in his career. Early in 1978, he was awarded the Science & Technology Achievement Prize of City Beijing for his study on optical fibre communication systems. He joined the Optical Fibre Group of Southampton University in 1985, and took a research fellowship of SERC, U.K. at King’s College London in 1990. During his eight-year stay in England, he won the Electronic Divisional Board Premium for Best Electronic Letters by Institution of Electronic Engineers, U.K., for his contribution to the invention of Fibre Laser/Amplifier, which is popularly regarded as “a Revolution of Communication Technologies”. His other research findings were honored with prizes awarded by Ministry of Information Industry, Ministry of Science & Technology and other Chinese academic bodies.

Prof. LIN is active in international academic exchanges and social activities. He was the Chairman of China’s Scholars & Students Association U.K. (CSSA, U.K.) from 1991 to 1992. In recent years, he took part in organizing different international conferences, such as ICCT (International Conference on Communications Technology), APCC (Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications), OECC (Optic-Electronics & Communication Conference) and ICT (International Conference on Telecommunications), working as TPC chairman or Conference chairman. His other chairmanships and memberships are found in Standing Committee of China Institute of Communication (CIC), Beijing Information & Telecom Association (BITA) and Beijing Institute of Telecommunication. He is also an editor of IEEE Communication Magazine.

Since 1993, right after he returned from England, he has successively held positions as director of the Department of Radio Engineering, dean of the School of Telecommunication Engineering, vice-president and now he is President of BUPT.