On 28 August 2021, he died of fire burns in Haidian District, Beijing, aged 77.

[3] At the time of Jin's resignation the Hong Kong media have speculated a sex scandal.

[4] On 8 September 2007, Ming Pao reported that, Jin was in detention assisting security officials with their enquiries.

[5] In June 2011, WikiLeaks released a leaked US State Department cable dated 20 September 2007 which claims that Jin was sacked for his role in a sex scandal with a female intelligence operative from Taiwan.

The cable claims that the alleged spy had affairs with several Chinese officials including former agricultural minister Du Qinglin, former party secretary of Qingdao Du Shicheng and the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) chairman Chen Tonghai.