Jing Fuqian has spent his career in education and research. Upon graduating from Nanjing University's physics department, Jing became a professor and then a doctoral supervisor at Wuhan Science and Engineering University. He eventually became president of the university's Science School. Jing also worked for the China Engineering Physics Research Institute as both director of the institute's Scientific Research Center and as vice-director of the Science and Technology Committee.
Jing is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.