He an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
He was a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
During the Cultural Revolution, he worked in Xizhimen Business Office of Beijing Timber Company between December 1971 and May 1981.
In May 1981, he became an official in Beijing Municipal Materials Bureau, and rose to deputy sector chief one year later.
In August 1985, he was assigned to the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee, where he was promoted to director of its General Office in March 2000 and to vice minister in July 2007.