Hualin Jia began his studies with Sanqing Chen at the Central Conservatory of Music Beijing. He subsequently moved to Germany to enroll at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden where his principal teacher was Stéphane Réty. He later moved to the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München for studies with Andrea Lieberknecht. He is a laureate of the International Youth Competition in Vladivostok (Third Prize), the Competition of the German Flute Society (Third Prize) and the Nicolet International Flute Competition (Young Talent Prize).