[3] He returned to China in 1988 and continued to work at the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[3] After working in the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for two years, he was appointed first secretary of the Chinese Embassy in France in 1998.

[3] He was made deputy director of the Western Europe Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2003, and served until 2009, when he was chosen as envoy of the Chinese Embassy in France.

[3] In 2012, he succeeded Li Ruiyu [zh] as director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a post he kept until 2015.

[3] In March 2018, he took office as vice chairperson of the Supervision and Judicial Committee of the National People's Congress.