Jiang Jiang was born in May 1965 in Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. He is of Han ethnicity. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Jiang received a bachelor's degree in English language and literature from Capital Normal University. He later obtained a master's degree in international relations from the University of Kent in the United Kingdom and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University.[2]
After graduating in 1986, Jiang entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. In the early years of his career, he worked in the Translation Office and the Protocol Department. He later pursued further studies in the United Kingdom before returning to the Ministry, where he served in various capacities including staff member, attaché, third secretary, and division director.[3]
Jiang subsequently held positions at the Central Foreign Affairs Office and served as counselor at the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations. He later worked as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4]
He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as counselor in the Information Department and later as deputy director and then director of the Translation Office. From 2013 to 2016, Jiang served as Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Lebanon, and from 2016 to 2020, he served as Ambassador to Malta.[5] In 2020, Jiang was appointed Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, where he also serves as a member of its Leading Party Members Group.[6]