He is the director of The Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the president of International Chinese Association.
[1] Shen Jiaxuan was born in Shanghai in 1946 while his native place is Wuxing, Zhejiang.
After the Cultural Revolution, he enrolled at the language department of the graduate school of the Chinese Social Sciences college.
his tutor was Zhao Shikai (赵世开).
Now he is a Master's and Doctor's tutor and a professor of Nankai University.