Xia Jiqiang was born in January 1970 and graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology. From 1997 to 1999, he studied at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and got his master's degree there.

He now is an associate professor at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a part-time lecturer for the course Computer Networking Technology in the Machine Design and Automation programme at the OUC.