[2] Gao once served as deputy director of the Financing Planning Department of Beijing Metro Group Co., Ltd..[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1996, and entered the workforce in August of the same year.
[2] In January 2014, he became deputy director of Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, and held that office until December 2015.
[2][3] He rose to become party secretary, the top political position in the district, in April 2018.
[2] He was appointed vice mayor of Beijing in January 2023, although he remained party secretary of Shunyi District until March 2023.
On 21 April 2024, he was suspended for "suspected serious discipline violations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.