1952 ——1957 Director of Accounting, Personnel, Credit and Supervision Office of People's Bank of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
1957 ——1961studied in the Department of the History of the Communist Party of China of China Renmin University.
1961-1965 Assistant Professor, Marxism-Leninism Teaching and Research Section, Beijing Forestry College.
1965 ——1970 Teacher of Marxism-Leninism Teaching and Research Section of Heilongjiang Forestry Cadre School
1970 ——1972 worked in the May 7th Cadre School in Nenjiang, Heilongjiang Province, jumped the queue in the countryside of Nehe County, and was the instructor of Shanghai Educated Youth Point in Nehe County.
1972 ——1983 teaching and research staff of the teaching and research section of jiangyin county bureau of culture and education, Jiangsu province, and head of the political teaching and research group of jiangyin county teacher training school.
1984 ——1987 deputy magistrate of jiangyin county, Jiangsu province
1987 ——1988 Deputy Director of Education Bureau of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province and Deputy Secretary General of Wuxi Municipal Government.
1988 ——1993 vice mayor of Wuxi city, Jiangsu province, member of the standing Committee of the democratic progressive party, vice chairman of Jiangsu province, and chairman of Wuxi city.
1993 ——1997 Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, Vice Chairman, Chairman, Central Committee Member, Standing Committee Member and Vice Chairman of China Democratic Progressive Party Jiangsu Province.
1997 once served as vice chairman and executive vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, vice chairman of China Education Association and vice chairman of China Vocational Education Association.
In March 2003, he was elected as the vice chairman of the 10th China People's Political Consultative Conference at the first meeting of the 10th China People's Political Consultative Conference.