1968 ——1971year rural "may 7th" cadre school labor in Liuhe county, Jiangsu province.
1971-1975 Deputy Minister of People's Armed Forces Department of Fan Ji Commune, Liuhe County, Jiangsu Province, Deputy Head of Office Group of Revolutionary Committee of Liuhe County, Secretary of Liuhe County Committee of the Communist Youth League and Secretary of Party Committee of Saddle Commune.
1975 ——1978 Member of the Standing Committee of Liuhe County Committee of Jiangsu Province and Deputy Director of the County Revolutionary Committee.
1978 ——1983 Secretary of Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, Deputy Secretary and Secretary of jiangsu provincial party committee of the Communist Youth League.
1983- 1984 jiangsu provincial party committee, member of the standing Committee, secretary-general and secretary of party committees of provincial organs (in the meantime: 1983- 1984 provincial and ministerial cadres of the central party school)
1984 ——1985 member of the standing Committee of jiangsu provincial party committee and secretary of Xuzhou municipal party Committee.
1985 ——1986 member of the standing Committee of jiangsu provincial party committee and minister of propaganda department.
1986 ——1989 jiangsu provincial party committee, Deputy Secretary and Minister of Propaganda Department.
1989 ——1994 deputy secretary jiangsu provincial party committee.
1994 ——1998 Minister of Radio, Film and Television and Secretary of the Party Group
1998 —— 2006 Minister of Culture and Secretary of the Party Group (during this period: from March 2003 to May 2003, the Central Party School attended the provincial and ministerial cadres' refresher course).
2006-2007 Minister of Culture, Party Secretary and Chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
2007-2008 Minister of Culture, member of the Party Group and Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
2008—20 13 Minister of Culture, Member of the Party Group and Chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles 20 13—Chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles