He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.

[1] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in January 1958, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1960.

[1] He became director of the Political Department of the Zhoushan Naval Base [zh] in August 1985, and two years later entered the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party.

[1] He was promoted to deputy political commissar of the PLA Navy in December 1993.

[1] He was removed from public office and forced into retirement alongside Shi Yunsheng in May 2003 due to the military disaster of Chinese submarine 361.