Sun Chunlin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Changchun, Jilin Province. He graduated from Changchun Geographic College in 1976, specializing in geology. In 1981, Sun received a Master's Degree in science from the college and earned a Doctorate in 1989.
Sun has spent most of his career in his home province of Jilin. He was deputy chief of the geology department at Changchun Geologic College and later directed the college's teaching administration.
He serves as the vice-president of the Changchun University of Science and Technology.