In September 1958, he was accepted to the University of Science and Technology of China, where he majored in nuclear physics.
[citation needed] After graduating in 1963, he was dispatched to the Second Research and Design Institute, Ministry of Nuclear Industry, as a technician.
He participated in the establishment the Pudong New Area of which he himself served as its first CCP committee secretary and governor.
[3] He was responsible for explaining national policy and social development of China to the media tinct through international cultural exchange.
In June 2008, he was employed as a doctoral supervisor and dean of the Binhai Research Institute of Nankai University.