After graduating in 1963, he was assigned as an official to Bajiazi Forestry Bureau in northeast China's Jilin province, and worked there for ten years totally. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1973. In October 1973, he was despatched to Jilin Provincial Forestry Department, where he eventually became its deputy head in April 1983.
In January 1985, he was transferred to Beijing and appointed director of Forestry Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Forestry. He moved up the ranks to become vice minister in March 1986 and minister in March 1993.
He was appointed party secretary of Heilongjiang in July 1997, concurrently serving as chairman of Heilongjiang People's Congress since January 2003.[2][3]
He was chosen as deputy head of the Central Rural Work Leading Group in April 2003, and served until July 2007.
References
^中共第十六届中央委员、中纪委名单 [List of members of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection]. chinaaffairs.org (in Chinese). 14 November 2002. Retrieved 17 June 2022.