His disciples include Peng Liyuan, Li Guyi, Dong Wenhua, Tang Can, Song Zuying, Zhang Ye, Li Danyang, Yan Weiwen, Liu Bin, Lü Jihong, Dai Yuqiang, Zhang Yan, Zu Hai, Wang Lida, Chen Lili, Chang Sisi, Zhu Zhiwen, Leon Lai, and Michelle Reis.
[1] In 2006, he started Jin Tielin Vocal Arts Center (金铁霖声乐艺术中心) in the China Conservatory of Music.
Later, on 2 April 2013, Jin Tielin Vocal Arts Center was renamed and expanded to be Jin Tielin Chinese Vocal Education and Research Center (金铁霖中国声乐教研中心) in the China Conservatory of Music.
On 21 June 1940, Jin was born in Harbin, Binjiang Province (now Heilongjiang), then under the jurisdiction of Manchukuo.
Jin's second wife was Ma Qiuhua (马秋华), a professor at China Conservatory of Music.