Jiao Hong was born in September 1963 in Yantai, Shandong. She began her professional career in August 1988 after graduating from Wuhan University, where she studied biology.[2] She later earned a master's degree in science from the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, specializing in microbiology, and obtained the professional title of senior engineer. From 1988 to 1989, Jiao taught at the Department of Biology at Wuhan University. Between 1989 and 1999, she worked at Yiyao Group Co., Ltd. in Yichang, Hubei, where she successively served as engineer, deputy chief engineer, and chief engineer. In 2000, she joined the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party.[3]
Beginning in 1999, Jiao entered public administration in Yichang, Hubei, holding a series of leadership positions including deputy director of the Yichang Development Zone Administrative Committee, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government, assistant mayor, vice chairperson of the municipal committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, deputy mayor, and later vice mayor of Yichang.[4][5][6]
At the provincial level, Jiao served as deputy director of the Hubei Food and Drug Administration from 2006 to 2008, and as director of the Hubei Department of Health from 2008 to 2012.[6] She subsequently assumed senior posts in national regulatory agencies, serving as deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration from 2012 to 2013, food and drug safety director-general of the State Food and Drug Administration from 2013 to 2014, and deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration from 2014 to 2018.[7]
From March 2018 to August 2023, Jiao served as commissioner of the National Medical Products Administration while concurrently holding the position of vice chairperson of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party.[4] She has continued to serve as vice chairperson of the party's central committee since August 2023.[8]