[citation needed] Following the Chinese Communist Revolution, Guo became the chief performer in the Song and Dance Theatre of the Central Conservatory of Music, Central Experimental Opera, and China Opera House.

She played the leading roles in many new operas, including The White Haired Girl and The Marriage of Little Er Hei.

[2] Along with the singer Wang Kun, she was a member of the first generation of Chinese performing artists to train overseas.

She visited the Soviet Union, Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Italy, Japan, and other nations.

[citation needed] Guo retired in 1982, continuing to teach at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing.