[2] Jin received a Bachelor of Engineering with a major in winged missile design from Beihang University in 1986, a Master of Engineering from the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology in 1989, and a Doctor of Economics in industrial economics from Fudan University in 2003.

In June 1999, he was assigned to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, becoming deputy general manager in December 2001.

[2][5][6][7] He was promoted to executive deputy director of the Central Military-civilian Integration Development Committee Office [zh], a position at ministerial level.

[7] On 29 July 2022, he was appointed party secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,[8] replacing Xiao Yaqing, who was put under investigation for suspected "violation of discipline and law" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.

[9][10] In July 2024, the ministry under Jin announced plans to expand China's breakthroughs in emerging technology and to bypass "containment efforts" by the United States.