Professor and Ph.D. advisor of School of History, Zhejiang University, vice chairman of Chinese Society of French Historical Studies

Lv Yimin was born in Jinhua, a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang province in 1957. He studied in the World History at School of History in Peking University from 1978 to 1982. He was admitted to the School of History in Zhejiang University (formerly known as Hangzhou University) in 1982 and learned French history from Professor Shen Lianzhi, a famous historian and pioneer in study of French history in China. He has worked for the university since July 1985 and is currently professor and Ph.D. advisor of School of History in Zhejiang University and vice chairman of Chinese Society of French Historical Studies.