He was a member of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In February 1955, he was appointed as deputy director of the Office of Hangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, and held that office until March 1958, when he was downgraded to worker at Wulin Machinery Factory due to "making ake mistakes".
[1] During that period, he studied at Harbin Institute of Technology by taking classes at night, majoring in machine manufacturing.
[1][2] After his replacement as governor, Shao served as executive vice minister of the Ministry of Machinery Industry [zh] from May 1994 to March 1998.
In March 1998, he became director of the State Bureau of Machine Building Industry, a post he kept until September 1999.