After graduating in 1953, he was sent to study at Moscow State Institute of International Relations on government scholarships.
[2] In 1969, he was assigned to the Department of West European Affairs, and worked there until 1980, when he was despatched to the Chinese Embassy in Cuba.
In 1985, he became deputy director of the Department of Affairs of the Americas and Oceania, and held that office until 1988.
[4] In June 1988, he succeeded Yang Mai as the Chinese Ambassador to Peru, serving in that position from 1988 to 1990.
[2][3] He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Chile from 1990 until 1995, when he was succeeded by Wang Chengjia [zh].