Jiao Yong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shandong province. He was born in 1956, graduated from the North China Hydraulic Engineering Institute, attained a master's degree from the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, and received a doctorate from the Imperial College of London, England.
He began his career at the Ministry of Water Resources in 1997, as deputy director-general of the Foreign Investment Office. He was promoted to vice-minister in 2005.