Si was born and raised in
Guangrao,
Shandong province in 1956. Jing joined the Communist Party in 1976. He began work in 1973 as a labourer in a mine and a team leader of the youth group. He entered the mine's management office in 1978. In 1983, he became deputy head, then head of the organization department of the mine, in charge of human resources. He also earned a diploma part-time at Hebei Broadcasting and Television College in Chinese language. In 1987 he began heading the
Communist Youth League (CYL) organization in the city, a position he stayed on for the next five years. He was then made deputy CYL Secretary in Hebei province while studying economics at the
Central Party School. In 1995 he was again elevated to lead the CYL organization in the province, earning the rank equivalent to a provincial department director. He again took up part-time studies, this time studying global economics at
Hebei University. In 1997 he was named deputy party chief of
Chengde while maintaining his department director rank. He engaged in yet another study stint, this time in "
scientific socialism." In April 2014, Jing became the head of the provincial reform office, overseeing major reform initiatives, ostensibly a position of high responsibility, as "deepening reform" was high on the agenda of the
Xi-Li Administration. On March 3, 2015, prior the opening of the annual "two sessions" conference in Beijing, state media announced Jing was undergoing investigation by the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. On December 23, 2016, Jing was sentenced to 18 years in prison. ==References==