Xue Kang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Liaoning. He was born in 1958 and graduated from the Physics Department of Northeast Normal University in 1982. Xue received a Master's Degree in 1984 and a Doctorate from the Physics Department from Lanzhou University in 1990.
A professor at Northeast Normal University, Xue served as the director of the university's theory physics institute – part of the physics department. He was later promoted to the vice-presidency of the university. His educational reputation garnered him the chairmanship of the Changchun Physics Society.
Xue was a member of the 9th CPPCC and is a member of the China Association for Promoting Democracy.