In 1960, he entered the apparat, serving in the textiles department of the city of Changzhou.

In 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, he became Revolutionary Committee head of the Changzhou department of textiles industry.

In 1983, he was elevated further to become Deputy Party Secretary of Jiangsu province.

Three years later, he became party chief of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

[6] His funeral was attended by Jiangsu party chief Li Qiang and Governor Wu Zhenglong; he received wreaths and condolences from Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, Li Peng and his wife Zhu Lin, and a long list of other retired and incumbent officials.