He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th and 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
He worked in Tongguanshan Copper Mine from 1953 until 1966, when he suffered political persecution at the dawn of the Cultural Revolution.
He was soon reinstated in April 1968 as head of the Revolutionary Committee of Tongguanshan Copper Mine.
He was deputy party secretary of Tongling in January 1973 before being assigned to the similar position in Ma'anshan in November 1976.
He was chosen as deputy head of Organization Department in January 1980 and three years later was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Anhui Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.