He has also been serving since 2014 as the executive deputy director of the Office of Deepening Reform (minister-level), and since 2007 as a deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission.
[1] Chen was born in Dalian, Liaoning province.
He began his administrative career in the National Planning Commission, then was elevated to a department chief position in the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
He later served as the assistant to the Chairman, then Vice Chairman (governor) of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, while concurrently serving as the head of the autonomous region's Development and Reform Commission.
[1] He served as a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 17 January 2023 from the CCP constituency.