Previously he served as vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
[1] After a short time as party secretary of Pei County, he was promoted to vice mayor of Xuzhou in December 2007.
[1] In February 2017, he became chairman of the Xuzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, but having held the position for only a year.
[3] In January 2021, he was chosen as chairman of Suqian Municipal People's Congress, the city's top legislative body.
[5] He is the fourth mayor/ party secretary in Suqian to be targeted by China's top anticorruption watchdog, the other three are: Qiu He, Zhang Xinshi [zh], and Miao Ruilin.