He was formerly Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Shaanxi province.
Mao spent much of his early career in his native Henan province, where he served as Party Chief of Luoyang.
[1] Having entered the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party as an alternate member in November 2012, in May the following year, Mao was tapped to replace Li Jinbin as the Organization Department head in Shaanxi province, leaving his native province for the first time.
[2] In October 2014, Mao was elevated from alternate to full membership on the committee after the expulsion of Jiang Jiemin from the body due to corruption.
[4][5] Mao was the third-ranked alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, meaning he received an overwhelming number of confirmation votes for his Central Committee membership at the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2012.