Nie was an independent candidate in Sichuan province in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan.
She finished in the top five places reserved for women,[1] but her election was overturned, as although she had registered as an independent candidate, the sixth-placed candidate Pi Yi-shu provided evidence that Nie has had joined the Kuomintang while at university.
In 1950 she relocated to Beijing, where she studied in the Political Research Institute of North China Revolutionary University.
After graduating in 1951, she worked for the All-China Women's Federation.
She later worked for a newspaper clipping service set up by Renmin University of China, retiring in 1963.