Upon graduation in 1950, he worked for the Foreign Liaison Department of the central committee of the Communist Youth League of China.

In 1952, he attended the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland as a member of the Chinese sports delegation.

In 1979, he was promoted to the deputy secretary general of the All-China Sports Federation and the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC).

[citation needed] In 1985, he was elected to the executive board of IOC, and subsequently served three 5-year terms (1985–1989, 1994–1998, 1999–2003).

In 1988, he served as a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).