At the height of his career, he served as vice-chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
As of 2016 he was under investigation by the Chinese Communist Party's internal control body, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
In January 2008 he was promoted again to become vice-chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), he was re-elected in November 2010, and his third term began in 2012.
[5] On April 19, 2016, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement on its website that "Kong Lingzhong severely violated political codes of conduct and resisted organizational investigation".
Then he was placed on one-year probation within the CCP (留党察看一年) and was downgraded to department director level of non leadership positions (正厅级非领导职务).