[2] From 2014 to 2015, Lu briefly transitioned to a domestic role as Vice Mayor of the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province.

In 2015, he was later recalled to Beijing and was appointed Director-General of the Policy Research Bureau at the Office of the Central Leading Group for Foreign Affairs.

[2][1] He also served as member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023–2028) from the Friendship with Foreign Countries Sector.

[7] On 22 April 2023 in a televised interview with Darius Rochebin, Lu stated that former Soviet countries "have no effective status in international law".

[10] Lu’s intervention on Crimea prompted a response from Ukraine's ambassador to France Vadym Omelchenko who suggested raising the question "who owns Vladivostok?"

He also further stated that Latvia, along with Lithuania and Estonia, would summon respective high ranking Chinese diplomats in their capitals to provide explanation regarding Lu's remarks.

[14] About 80 European lawmakers called that "wolf-warrior activity at its worst" and asked the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs to declare Lu persona non grata in France immediately.