Previously he served as vice chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
After resuming the college entrance examination in 1978, he was admitted to Yunnan Agricultural University, majoring in tea-leaves.
Huang joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1981, and got involved in politics in March 1989, when he was appointed vice mayor of Ruili.
In May 1993, he became vice governor of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, and held that office until June 1996, when he was made deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.
He was promoted to be party branch secretary of Yunnan Provincial People's Government in June 2005, concurrently holding the secretary-general position.