After graduating in 1975, he worked at there until 1981, when he became a staff member of the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau.

In 1997, he was recalled to the Department of West European Affairs and was elevated to deputy director.

He was designated by President Hu Jintao in August 2010 to replace Wu Ken as Chinese Ambassadors to Austria according the 11th National People's Congress decision.

[1] In August 2012, President Hu Jintao named him Chinese Ambassadors to Germany according the 11th National People's Congress decision, and he held this post from 2012 until 2019.

His wife Xu Jinghua (徐静华) is a German language translator.