He has successively held the posts of technician, workshop director, Chairman of Labor Union and Manager of the electrical equipment factory under Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd of the Ministry of Railways (now CSR Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd), Deputy Head of Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd of the Ministry of Railways, Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Head of Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd of the Ministry of Railways, Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Factory, Vice Chairman, President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp, President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industrial Corp, as well as Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of CRS Corporation Limited. Since August 2016, he has been appointed by the SASAC of the State Council as an external director of CNBM.

He has served as the Head of Work Department of the Supervisory Board of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Enterprise Work, the Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice-chairman, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Deputy General Manager of the China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation, and the Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice-chairman of the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group. Since August 2016, he has been appointed by the SASAC of the State Council as an external director of CNBM.

He has served as Station Master of Changchun Railway Station, Director of Changchun Railway Bureau, Hohhot Railway Bureau and Zhengzhou Railway Bureau, Chairman and Party Secretary of China Tietong Telecom, Independent Director of CSR Corporation, Deputy General Manager and Party Member of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., Representative of the 9th and 10th National People's Congress, Honorary Professor of Beijing Jiaotong University and Changchun University of Science and Technology. Since August 2016, he has been appointed by the SASAC of the State Council as an external director of CNBM.

He has served as Assistant President and Vice President of Bank of China, Chairman and Vice Chairman of Bank of China International Holdings Limited, Chairman of Bank of China (UK) Limited, Chairman of Bank of China Aviation, Non-executive Director of Bank of China Hong Kong Holding Company and Bank of China Hong Kong Branch. He is currently the Executive Director of the Global Council of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Consultant of the China Chamber of International Commerce, the Director of the Bill Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, the Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, and the Vice-Chairman of the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce. Since August 2016, he has been appointed by the SASAC of the State Council as an external director of CNBM.