[2] He is the fourth vice-ministerial level official to be targeted by China's top anticorruption watchdog in 2022, after Zhang Yongze, Wang Bin, and Liu Hongwu.
He got involved in politics in December 1977, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1980.
He was appointed deputy party secretary of Neijiang in July 2005, concurrently holding the mayor position.
He became deputy secretary-general of CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee and director of its General Office in June 2007, and served until January 2013, when he was made party secretary of Yibin.
[6] On 22 January 2022, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.