Out of personal interest in the Design discipline, he transferred from Artificial Intelligence major to Digital Media Technology major at Hunan University. He tried web design, game development, and finally focused on design with Kansei experience. During his undergraduate years, he participated in the User Experience Design Competition in China, he worked with his team to design a smart alarm clock. He also participated in a school-level web design contest and a national university photo contest and won the third and first prizes, respectively. He interned at Microsoft Research of Asia, where his exposure to cutting-edge technology gave him more ideas for design and worked hard for it.