[1] He also served as vice-president of Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association from 1998 until his death in 2005.
He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
After graduating from the Xilei Middle School, he was accepted to the Haimen Catholic College of Literature.
In May 1992 he was appointed as vice-president of the National Seminary of the Chinese Catholic Church.
In December 1993, Lui was named Archbishop of Nanjing without consent of the pope and was excommunicated latae sententiae.