This name is derived from the two one-character Chinese abbreviations of the two cities at which the expressway terminates, Jing for Beijing and Ha for Harbin.

The 658 km expressway from central Beijing to Shenyang was completed in time for the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

[citation needed] On October 8, 2004, 36 vehicles were involved a horrendous series of car crashes on the expressway.

The crashes occurred in the westbound lanes near the interchange with the Jinji Expressway, in the Tianjin municipality.

[citation needed] When the expressway opened in September 1999, there was a large amount of complaints about the number of toll booths.

China plans to expand the networked toll system nationwide, starting with the Jingshen expressway as a testing ground.