Professor Chen Jin of the Sports Department at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) has achieved remarkable success in his career, winning nine badminton world championships and leading teams to six world titles. His courses at HIT are so popular that they fill up as soon as they become available.
Chen Jin. [Photo/hit.edu.cn]
In his seven years of teaching at HIT, Chen's badminton class has been recognized as a national first-class undergraduate course, and he also leads a team for a themed class titled Champion Spirit. In 2025, he was named a Provincial Teaching Master in Heilongjiang.
Born in 1986 in Handan, Hebei province, Chen first gained attention in 2002 at the YONEX BWF World Junior Championships, where he won the men's singles title at 16, and subsequently joined the national team. In 2008, he defeated Lin Dan in the finals of the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships and then won a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics that same year. Chen also defeated Indonesian star Taufik Hidayat to win the 2010 YONEX World Badminton Championships in Paris.
He has competed in the Thomas Cup four times, helping the Chinese men's badminton team secure victories each time. After the 12th National Games, Chen retired due to injuries. The following year, at just 28, he was appointed head coach of the Chinese national women's singles badminton team.
After completing a five-year stint as a coach with the national team, Chen pursued further studies at Beijing Sport University. In September 2018, he was appointed as an associate professor at HIT's Sports Department.
In 2023, with support from HIT and its Sports Department, Chen established the Champion Studio, where he leads a dedicated team in creating diverse classes tailored to students' personalized needs.
Another of Chen's responsibilities is overseeing the daily training of HIT's badminton team. In 2019 and 2022, he led the team to win the group championship at the 17th and 18th Heilongjiang Province Student Games, achieving excellent results in individual events as well.
Chen applied to HIT to develop a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on badminton. Compared to other sports MOOCs, developing a badminton MOOC is more challenging. As one of the fastest sports, badminton requires specialized filming equipment to capture smashes at high speed. Additionally, the course needs to be shot on a standard badminton court in a quiet environment.
The badminton MOOC course developed by Chen Jin is launched on the China University MOOC platform. [Photo/hit.edu.cn]
Chen meticulously refined and optimized every aspect of the course, from the outline, scripts, and storyboard to the filming team. To facilitate learning for enthusiasts, he condensed each lesson into 10-minute videos that include an introduction to technical points, multi-angle and breakdown demonstrations, slow-motion replays, daily practice methods, and more.
At the end of 2019, Chen's MOOC course was launched on the Chinese University MOOC platform. To date, the course has been offered 10 times, with over 110,000 enrollments, and is used by many universities.
Editor: Yang Wenyu