He returned to China and became a professor in Nankai University[2] in Tianjin, where he set up the Polymer Chemistry Division in 1958.
A variety of polymeric ion exchange resins, including strongly and weakly cationic and anionic exchangers, were developed in the research laboratories at Nankai and he also set up a factory administered by the university to produce a series of ion-exchangers for various applications.
He is regarded as the founder of China's industry for ion exchange resins.
[3] In 1983, he became the founding director of the Institute of Polymer Chemistry at Nankai University.
A statue was erected in 2008 in Nankai University to commemorate his life-time achievements and contribution as an educator and as a prominent chemist.