Chen Jiping

Chen Jiping (陈冀平)
Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Vice President of the China Law Society
In office November 2011 – June 2017
Personal details
Born	April 1946 (age 79) Tongzhou District, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater	Tianjin University

Chen Jiping (Chinese: 陈冀平; born April 1946) is a Chinese politician and legal affairs official who has held senior positions within the Chinese Communist Party and several national legal institutions. He formerly served as Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Vice President of the China Law Society, and as Director of the Prosecutor Selection Committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Next Generation.^[1]

Biography

Chen Jiping was born in April 1946 in Tongzhou District, Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1974 and began his career in September 1969 after graduating from the Department of Electrochemistry at Tianjin University. From 1969 to 1970, he remained at the university awaiting job assignment. In August 1970, he was assigned to the Beijing Chemical Machinery Factory, where he worked as a technician, shift leader, Youth League cadre, head of the factory’s research group, and director of the publicity section.^[2]

In 1978, Chen was transferred to the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Chemical Industry Bureau, where he served until 1983. He later moved to the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party, holding positions as Deputy Division Chief of the Second Division of the Cadre Examination Bureau and Deputy Head of the Policy Research Group of the Central Rectification Steering Committee. Beginning in 1985, he served in the General Office of the CCP Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council as a deputy bureau-level and then bureau-level secretary, and in June 1991 concurrently became Director of the Research Office of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.^[3][2]

In 1993, he became Deputy Director of the Office of the Central Comprehensive Management Commission. From January 1994 to December 2005, Chen served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (vice-ministerial level) and Director of the Office of the Central Comprehensive Management Commission. He was also elected Vice President of the China Law Society in January 1997, and beginning in February 2000 served concurrently as Deputy Head of the National "Sweep Away Pornography and Illegal Publications" Working Group.^[2]

From December 2005 to November 2011, he served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and as Deputy Director and Director of the Central Comprehensive Management Commission, attaining ministerial rank. In November 2011, he became Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Vice President of the China Law Society, a position he held until June 2017.^[4] During this period, he also served as Director of the Prosecutor Selection Committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Next Generation.^[5]

References

1. "陈冀平：搞社会管理创新要在法治轨道下依法进行". China News Service (in Chinese). 4 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
2. "陈冀平同志当选中直机关出席党的十八大代表". 国际经济法网--中国国际经济法学研究会主办 (in Chinese). 10 June 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
3. "陈训秋任中国法学会党组书记 接棒老前辈陈冀平". 手机新浪网 (in Chinese). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
4. "刘明康、吴定富等出任政协专门委员会副主任". 第一财经_专业创造价值 (in Chinese). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
5. "陈训秋任中国法学会党组书记，接棒老前辈陈冀平_人事风向_澎湃新闻-The Paper". thepaper.cn (in Chinese). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2025.