Guo Yi is a Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (since 2003); vice Chair of Academic Committee, International Confucian Association (since 2002); guest Professor at China University of Political Science and Law (since 2007); vice President and Chair of Academic Committee, Nishan Confucius Birthplace Academy (since 2008). He was a researcher at Institute of Confucius, Qufu Normal University (1984-1993). After receiving his Ph.D. from Fudan University in Chinese philosophy (1993), he was appointed as assistant professor (1993-1996), then as associate professor (1996-2003) at Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Afterward, he was appointed as visiting scholar at Harvard, USA (1999-2001); as guest Professor at Seoul National University, Korea (2002-2004); and as Fulbright Research Scholar at University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA (2008-2009).