He began working for the provincial school of the Communist Youth League in Jilin province, then became Secretary (i.e. leader) of the provincial Youth League organization in 1997.
[1] He served in the position for some eight years, before being transferred to become Executive Vice Governor of Jilin province, taking on the vacancy left by Ma Junqing.
In March 2017, he was named deputy party secretary of Jilin province.
[citation needed] Gao was a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
He is an alternate member of the 18th and 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.