He was the revenue commissioner of Tong'an District, Xiamen and Quanzhou during the Second Sino-Japanese War and served as a financial adviser of the Fujian Provincial Government.
At the time February 28 Incident broke out, where he was surrounded by a crowd with Yen Chia-kan, the then director of the finance department of Taiwan Provisional Government while the city's military arsenal was looted by Hsieh Hsueh-hung-led crowd of the Taiwanese Communist Party.
On 4 April 1947, his resignation from the mayorship was approved by Taiwan Chief Executive Chen Yi.
[citation needed] He was also a member of the Selection Committee, which was responsible for electing the first Chief Executive and Provisional Legislative Council.
In 1997, he was among the first recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest honour of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.