[citation needed] In August 1984, he was appointed as an official in Shanghai Survey, Design and Research Institute and over a period of 19 years worked his way up to the position of president.
[citation needed] Beginning in June 2005, he served in several posts in the Ministry of Water Resources, including director of Taihu Lake Basin Authority (2005–2016), director of Finance Division (2016–2017), and vice minister (2017–2021).
He also served as secretary-general of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters from 2017 to 2020 and vice minister of Emergency Management from 2018 to 2020.
[citation needed] In February 2021, he was transferred to central China's Jiangxi province and appointed deputy party secretary.
[1] In October 2021, he took office as party branch secretary of Jiangxi, becoming the youngest head of the provincial administrative region government in China.