He entered the workforce in October 1974, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1992.

After the resumption of College Entrance Examination in September 1978, he entered the Hunan Finance and Economics Institute.

He also studied at the Boston University and John F. Kennedy School of Government.

In March 2015, he returned to Beijing, and was appointed head of Discipline Inspection Unit of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

In February 2017, he returned to the Ministry of Commerce as Deputy Party Branch Secretary.