[2] In 1956, he joined the CCP and became the head of Batang County, deputy secretary of the Zhadong Special Committee of the CPC, secretary of the Shigatse Prefectural Committee, and president of the Higher People's Court of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
[3] From 1978 to 1983, he served as General Procurator of the People's Procuratorate of the Tibet Autonomous Region; from 1983 to 1985, he studied at the China University of Political Science and Law and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political and Law Committee of the TAR Party Committee.
In 1985, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
In 1990, he served as Chairman of the People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region.
[4][5] On November 29, 1995, he, together with State Councilor and Deputy Secretary of the Central Political and Law Commission Luo Gan, and Ye Xiaowen, the Director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, jointly presided over the Golden Urn ceremony for the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama at the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa.