1 Machine Tool Factory, he remained at the factory until 1965, when he was transferred to southwest China's Sichuan province and appointed party secretary of the newly founded Changzheng Machine Tool Plant (长征机床厂).
In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.
Gu got involved in politics in 1978, when he was appointed vice mayor and party secretary of Zigong.
In October 1990, he was promoted again to become party secretary of Gansu, succeeding Li Ziqi.
[1][4] In March 1998, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee.