Jing Hanchao

Jing Hanchao was born in Shenzhou, Hebei Province, in November 1960. He studied law at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law from 1978 to 1982. After graduation, he worked as a teacher at Shijiazhuang Posts and Telecommunications School before entering the Hebei High People's Court, where he served in various posts within the Economic Adjudication Division from 1984 to 1994, progressing from clerk to division head.^[2]

In December 1994, Jing was assigned to the Supreme People's Court (SPC), where he served as judge and later as head of the research section in the Economic Adjudication Division. From 1996 to 2003, he returned to Hebei Province as a member of the Party Leadership Group, Vice President, and member of the Adjudication Committee of the Hebei High People's Court. Between 2003 and 2006, Jing served as Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the Hebei High People's Court. In 2006, Jing was appointed full-time Deputy Ministerial Member of the Adjudication Committee of the Supreme People's Court.^[3] From 2007 to 2009, he concurrently served as Director of the Office of Judicial Reform. In June 2009, he became a member of the SPC Party Leadership Group and Vice President, a position he held until 2017. He also served as Director of the SPC General Office.^[4]

In 2016–2017, Jing was appointed President of the Fourth Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court.^[5][6] He subsequently joined the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLAC) as Deputy Secretary-General in April 2017.^[7] From 2017 onward, he has concurrently served as deputy director of the Prosecutor Selection Committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.^[8]

Since 2018, Jing has been a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress and Vice Chairperson of the NPC Social Affairs Committee. In March 2023, he was re-elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress and continues to serve as Vice Chairperson of the Social Development Affairs Committee.^[9]