Nie studied at the Department of Computer Science, Fudan University, majoring in programming in 1977.

1980, he was appointed as a cadre, chief clerk, and engineer of the Computing Center of the Bureau of Statistics of Hebei Province, and was appointed as a chief clerk, engineer, and vice-director of the Department of Databases and Programs in the Hebei Provincial Economic Information Center in 1987.

In 1992, he became a chief clerk of the Comprehensive Division of the Research Office of the Hebei Provincial People's Government (Economic Research Center) and deputy director of the Information and Data Division, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1993.

[11] In September 2016, he succeeded Cai Fuchao as deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

[12] On June 9, 2022, he ceased to hold the position of Director National Radio and Television Administration.