From February 1989 to January 1991 he studied at ETH Zurich as a postdoctor.
He joined the chemical engineering faculty of Hunan University in January 1991 and was promoted to professor in 1992.
In September 1997 he was appointed executive vice president of Hunan University.
[3] In February 2003 he was promoted to become head of Science and Technology Department of Hunan Government, a position he held until September 2011, when he was appointed head of Education Department of Hunan Government.
[4] On January 30, 2016, he was installed as vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress at the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Twelfth People's Congress of Hunan.