Chen Chunjiang was born in May 1971 in Horqin Left Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia. He holds a doctorate in science and is an associate researcher. Chen joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1995 and began his career in July 1998. From July 2000 to September 2012, Chen held various posts within the Tianjin Municipal Development and Reform Commission, including section member, deputy division chief, researcher, and division chief. Between September 2012 and July 2016, he served as deputy inspector and later deputy director and Party Leadership Group member of the same commission, as well as director and Party secretary of the Development and Reform Commission of Tianjin Binhai New Area.[2]
In July 2016, Chen was appointed standing committee member of the CCP Ninghe District Committee and executive deputy district mayor. He subsequently became deputy Party secretary, deputy mayor, and later mayor of Tianjin's Heping District from 2017 to 2020.[3]
In 2021, Chen moved to the Ministry of Commerce, where he successively served as director of the Department of Trade in Services and Commercial Services, and later as director of the Department of Foreign Investment Administration. In January 2023, he was appointed assistant minister and member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Commerce.[4]
In October 2023, Chen became a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. The following month, in November 2023, he was appointed vice governor of Shaanxi Province.[5]