Chen Jining, male, Han ethnicity, was born in February 1964 and is from Lishu, Jilin Province. He began his first job in April 1998 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in June 1984. Chen graduated from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London where he completed a graduate program in environmental systems analysis. He holds a Doctor of Engineering degree and a professional title of professor.

Chen is currently a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, Mayor of Beijing, and Executive Chairman and Leading Party Members Group Deputy Secretary of the Organizing Committee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.