Bing was born in Kediri, son of a Chinese Indonesian merchant.
He trained in pharmacy in Amsterdam (1932-1939) and subsequently returned to Indonesia to work in Bandung.
[1] He was a member of the Central Advisory Council during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies.
[2] In 1945, he was the sole Chinese member of the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (PPKI).
He became a member of the Partai Nasional Indonesia (PNI) and sat in the Indonesian parliament until 1955.