He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was brought to be persecuted and was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.

[1][2] During his tenure, he vigorously promoted the reform of the urban economic system and the work of streamlining administration and delegating power at the provincial level.

[3] At the same time, he also attached great importance to the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers", attached importance to the development of agriculture and rural areas and the improvement of farmers' income, and made positive contributions to the leap from shortage agriculture to self-supporting agriculture, and actively promoted the rural household contract responsibility system with output linked.

[1] He was chosen as chairman of Liaoning People's Congress in March 1993, and held that office until January 1998.