[2] Ren was born in Suixi County, Anhui, in October 1942, and graduated from Huainan Mining College (now Anhui University of Science and Technology) and Shandong Mining College (now Shandong University of Science and Technology).
[1] Ren joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1965, and got involved in politics in September 1969, when he became an official in Shizuishan Revolutionary Committee.
[1] In November 1972, Ren was appointed secretary and deputy director of the Secretariat of the Office of the CCP Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee, a position he held for over ten years.
[1] Ren served as mayor and deputy party secretary of Shizuishan in June 1983 before being appointed vice chairman of Ningxia in May 1988.
[1] In February 2001, he took office as chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.