Jing Zhengshu was born in January 1945 in Nanchong County, Sichuan Province. He attended Jianxing High School in Nanbu County from 1961 to 1964, and later studied agronomy at the Southwest Agricultural College (now Southwest University), graduating in December 1968. Following graduation, he began his career as a technician at the Longtai Agricultural Technology Station of Zhongjiang County, where he worked from 1968 to 1975.[1]
Jing entered public administration in the mid-1970s, serving first as Party Secretary of Nandu Township and later as Party Secretary of Cangshan District as well as a member of the Standing Committee of the Zhongjiang County Committee. In 1979, he became Deputy Party Secretary of Zhongjiang County and subsequently served concurrently as Deputy Party Secretary of Basu County in Tibet and Executive Deputy County Magistrate of Zhongjiang. His career advanced further in 1983 when he was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Deyang and concurrently Party Secretary of Zhongjiang County.[2]
From 1985 to 1990, Jing served as Deputy Party Secretary and Executive Vice Mayor of Deyang. He later joined the Sichuan Provincial Water and Electricity Department as Executive Deputy Director and Deputy Party Secretary, before being promoted in 1991 to Director and Party Secretary of the department. In November 1996, he was appointed Vice Governor of Sichuan Province and became a member of the Provincial Party Committee.[3]
In January 2000, Jing entered the Ministry of Water Resources as Vice Minister and a member of the Party Leadership Group. In 2003, he became Executive Vice Minister and Deputy Party Secretary of the ministry, also serving as Secretary of its directly affiliated organs’ Party Committee. After 2005, he held several concurrent national-level professional and academic posts, including President of the China Water Resources Workers’ Ideological and Political Work Research Association, Chairman of the China Water Resources Literature and Art Association, Chairman of the China Water Resources Sports Association, and Chairman of the China Water Resources Society.[4]
Jing Zhengshu died in Beijing on 23 August 2015 after unsuccessful medical treatment. He was 71 years old.[1]