After university, she was recruited as a legal adviser at a milk company in the southern suburbs of Beijing.
[1] She concurrently served as director of Beijing Central Business District Management Committee from September 2008 to December 2012.
In September 2015, she was promoted again to become Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, the top political position in the district.
She was appointed vice governor of Hunan, heading education, health and medical security work.
[3] On 10 February 2021, she was named Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Changsha, her first foray into a provincial capital city leadership role.