He entered the workforce in July 1983, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1985. Beginning in 1983, he served in several posts in Hengyang Steel Pipe Factory, including workshop director, deputy factory director, and general manager. He began his political career in July 2005, when he was appointed director and party branch secretary of Hunan Provincial Economic Commission. In March 2008, he was named acting mayor and deputy party secretary of Yiyang, replacing Ma Yong. In January 2001, he was appointed director and party branch secretary of Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission.
He became acting mayor of Changsha, the capital city under the jurisdiction of Hunan province, in December 2013, and was installed in January 2014. He concurrently served as deputy party secretary of Changsha and secretary of the Party Working Committee of Xiangjiang New Area. In November 2016, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[2] One month later, he was appointed director of Hunan Provincial State Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.[3] In July 2017, he was promoted to party secretary of Changsha, the top political position in the city, concurrently holding the position of first secretary of CPC Changsha Garrison Command Committee.
Career in Shaanxi
In October 2020, he was transferred to northwest China's Shaanxi province and appointed deputy party secretary.[4]
^Nie Chenjing (聂晨静) (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布:中国共产党第十九届中央委员会候补委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2021.