Jiang Bixin

Jiang Bixin was born in Zhijiang, Hubei Province, in September 1956. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in August 1975 and later received his legal education at Southwest University of Political Science and Law, where he completed undergraduate studies in law in 1982 and a master's degree in Chinese legal history in 1985. Jiang began his professional career that same year as an assistant judge in the Research Office of the Supreme People's Court.^[3][4]

From 1988 to 1993, he worked in the Administrative Adjudication Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court, during which he undertook training at the Administrative Tribunal of the Xuanwu District People's Court in Beijing and later served in a temporary post at the Administrative Tribunal of the Beijing High People's Court. He was promoted to judge of the tribunal in 1993.^[5]

Jiang became Deputy Chief Judge of the Administrative Adjudication Tribunal in 1995 and subsequently served as Director of both the tribunal and the Office of the State Compensation Committee. In 2002, he was appointed Deputy Judge of the Supreme People's Court and continued to oversee administrative adjudication. Between 2001 and 2003, he concurrently studied constitutional and administrative law at Peking University, earning a Doctor of Law degree.^[5][6]

From 2004 to 2007, Jiang served as President of the Hunan High People's Court and Secretary of its Party Leadership Group. He returned to the Supreme People's Court in December 2007, resuming his role as Deputy Judge and serving as a member of the Court's Party Leadership Group. In December 2016, Jiang was appointed Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court.^[7] He remained in these positions until April 2020. From 2018 to 2023, he served as Vice Chair of the Constitution and Law Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.^[3]

Jiang has been a member and Standing Committee member of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress.^[7]