Prof.Jinxing Dai was born in the Rui’an County，Zhejiang Province，China on 1 9th March，1935.He was graduated from the Geology Department of Nanjing University in 1961.From1 96 1 to 1 962，Prof.Dai was engaged in the geological research of oil and gas in the ResearchInstitute of Petroleum of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry.From 1962 to 1972.Prof.Dai tookup research work on petroleum exploration in the Jianghan Oilfield in the Hubei Province.Since1 972，he has carried out the geological and geochemical research on natural gas in the ResearchInstitute of Petroleum Exploration and Development，PeoChina.In 1995，Prof.Dai was electedas a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.He has ever been the dean of the Departmentof Earth Sciences of Zhejiang University，and successively appointed as adjunct professors of theNanjing University，Zhejiang University，University of Science and Technology of China，JilinUniversity，Northwest University，China University of Petroleum（Beijing，Eastern China），OceanUniversity of China，Xi’an Petroleum University.and Yangtze University.PrOf.Dai has workedas a member of the Editorial Board of more than 10 iournalS such as Chinese Journal of Geology，Acta Petrolei Sinica，Oil and Gas Geology，Earth Science Frontiers，Petroleum Geology andExperiment，and Natural Gas Industry.At present.Prof.Dai holds the position of the chief editorof Petroleum Exploration and Development.and Natural Gas Geoscience and editor of Science in China.