[2] After the Cultural Revolution, he attended Beijing University of Chemical Technology, where he studied polymers.

In 1984 he joined the National Science Commission, where he began to climb through the organization's administrative ranks.

[3] On December 7, 2010, he was named acting governor of Jiangsu province, confirmed on February 14, 2011.

In 2015, he joined the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee as a deputy chair.

[4] In March 2018, he was appointed the director of the National People's Congress Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee.