Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
Jiang was born in Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province, China in December 1938, but grew up in Shanghai. He graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1964 with a degree in English. After graduation, he was assigned to work for the Chinese Embassy in the UK. In 1978, he was transferred to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. In 1981, Jiang was sent to the United States to study by the Chinese Government, he studied in Harvard University and worked in the Brookings Institution. Jiang returned to China in 1983, then he worked in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.