He was the Minister of Industry and Information Technology until August 2020 and as well as the former Communist Party Chief of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province.

In 1993 he was transferred to the then First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry, where he was the Deputy Director of the Automobile Department until 1995 and Assistant General Engineer for the next two years.

[4] In September 1997 the central government transferred Miao to the government-owned Dongfeng Motor Corporation to lead its turnaround effort.

[4] Miao implemented radical reforms at Dongfeng, adopting Western management methodology and establishing alliances with foreign carmakers Nissan and PSA Peugeot Citroën.

"[4] In May 2005 Miao Wei was appointed the Communist Party Chief of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and where Dongfeng is headquartered.