She graduated from the department of Chinese literature at Beijing Normal University in 1931.
She married Lao She in 1931 and accompanied him in the following years and taught literature at some normal schools.
In 1958, she was hired by the Chinese Academy of Painting in Beijing as a senior artist.
In 1980, she held her personal exhibition in Hong Kong and published her album.
[1] Hu Jieqing is commemorated together with her husband at the Lao She Memorial Hall, opened in 1999 at 19 Fengfu Lane, close to Wangfujing, in Dongcheng District.