Bachelor's Degree:  Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China. Major: Instrumentation and Measurement.

Master's Degree:  School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, China. Major: Accounting.

Ph.D:  School of Management, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY Buffalo), USA. Major: Accounting.

Papers: 1. Xinrong Qiang. "The Effects of Contracting, Litigation, Regulation, and Tax Costs on Conditional and Unconditional Conservatism: Cross-sectional Evidence at the Firm Level." May 2007, The Accounting Review． 2. Xingrong Qiang and Jing Wang. " The Effect of CECL on Conditional Conservatism of Banks and Its Spillover Effect on Borrower Conservatism." Forthcoming, November 2024, The Accounting Review．

Research Grants:

1. Qiang Xinrong: "A Comparative Study of the Application Conditions of Accounting Conservatism between China and the United States," New Century Outstanding Talent at Xiamen University, 2010-2012. Principal Investigator.

2. Du Xinqiang: "Institutional Environment, Changes in Accounting Standards, and the Contractual and Decision-Making Usefulness of Accounting Information," Major Project of the Ministry of Education's Humanities and Social Sciences Base, Project No.: 09JJD790040, 2010-2012. Second-ranked in the project.

3. Wang Zhiqiang: "Research on the Adjustment Costs, Adjustment Speed, and Dynamic Trade-off Process of Capital Structure," National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No.: 770972111, 2010-2012. Third-ranked in the project.

4. Liu Feng: "Corporate Financing, Investment, and Risk Management in the Digital and Intelligent Era," Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No.: NSFC72232007, 2023-2027. Final project ranking determined by contribution.

April 1997 – July 1998: Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

August 2001 – January 2002: Visiting Lecturer, School of Business, The University of Hong Kong

August 2004 – June 2007: Assistant Professor, College of Business, University of Wyoming

November 2007 – July 2022: Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Institute of Financial and Accounting Research, Xiamen University (Served as Deputy Director from 2010 to 2016)

September 2024 – Present: Associate Professor, School of Accounting, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics