Career
Jing Yidan was born in April 1955 in Harbin, Heilongjiang. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, she worked in countryside as a Sent-down youth. After the Cultural Revolution, she returned to Heilongjiang.
After graduating from Communication University of China in 1979 she was assigned to Long Guang as a news anchor.
Jing Yidan joined the China Central in 1988, she hosted Focus Interview and Eastern Times.