Starting in July 1988, he served in several posts in the Party Documents Research Office of the CCP Central Committee, including deputy secretary-general, director of the Fifth Editorial Department, and deputy director.

He became deputy president of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CCP Central Committee in March 2018, and served until January 2021, when he was appointed deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

[1] He was a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

[2] On 15 October 2022, he concurrently served as spokesman of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

[3] On 17 January 2023, he was appointed as the director of the State Council Information Office (SCIO).