Prof.Jinxing Dai was born in the Rui’an County,ZhejiangProvince,China on 1 9th March,1935.He was graduated from theGeology Department of Nanjing University in 1961.From1 96 1 to 1962,Prof.Dai was engaged in the geological research of oil and gasin the ResearchInstitute of Petroleum of the Ministry of PetroleumIndustry.From 1962 to 1972.Prof.Dai tookup research work onpetroleum exploration in the Jianghan Oilfield in the HubeiProvince.Since1 972,he has carried out the geological andgeochemical research on natural gas in the ResearchInstitute ofPetroleum Exploration and Development,PeoChina.In 1995,Prof.Dai waselectedas a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.He has everbeen the dean of the Departmentof Earth Sciences of ZhejiangUniversity,and successively appointed as adjunct professors oftheNanjing University,Zhejiang University,University of Science andTechnology of China,JilinUniversity,Northwest University,ChinaUniversity of Petroleum(Beijing,Eastern China),OceanUniversity ofChina,Xi’an Petroleum University.and Yangtze University.PrOf.Daihas workedas a member of the Editorial Board of more than 10iournalS such as Chinese Journal of Geology,Acta PetroleiSinica,Oil and Gas Geology,Earth Science Frontiers,PetroleumGeology andExperiment,and Natural Gas Industry.At present.Prof.Daiholds the position of the chief editorof Petroleum Exploration andDevelopment.and Natural Gas Geoscience and editor of Science inChina.