Dr. LAN was born in Baoji, Shaanxi Province in November 1972. In January 1994, she joined the Communist Party of China and stared to work in July 1995. In July 1995, she graduated from China Youth University for Political Sciences with a bachelor degree in Ideological and Political Education. She received a master degree in Labor Economics in BJTU in July 2006. In June 2013, she received a doctoral degree in Comparative Education from Beijing Normal University. Dr. LAN has served as a student counselor at Physics Department, Deputy Secretary of Youth League Committee of the School of Arts and Sciences, Secretary of the Party Committee Office, Deputy Section Chief of Information Section of the Office of General Administration, Section Chief of Information Section of the Office of General Administration, Deputy Director of the Office of General Administration, Director of the Department of Publicity, Director of Policy Research Centre, and Member of the 10th Party Committee. From March 2015 to December 2016, she worked temporarily at the Department of Social Sciences of Ministry of Education, preparing the National conference on Ideological and Political Work of Chinese Universities. Now she is Member of the Standing Committee of the 11th Party Committee, Director of the Department of Publicity and Director of the Policy Research Centre.