Zhou Jinrong attended the Xiangtan University where she attained a B.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, followed by an M.A. in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages from East China Normal University. Her scholarly interests focus on the teaching foreigners to learn Chinese characters. She has been teaching foreigners to learn Chinese since 2007. She holds the Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (CTCSOL). Before coming to Zhejiang University, she served as mandarin teacher in Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) in Shanghai, Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear in UK, Donghua University. She teaches Chinese Characters Learning and Chinese writing since September 2017 in International Campus Zhejiang University.