During the War of Liberation, he served as the director of the political department of the ninth brigade of the second column of Shandong Field Army, the deputy political commissar of the eighteenth regiment of the sixth division of the second column of East China Field Army, the political commissar of the regiment, and the director of the political department of the sixty-second division of the twenty-first army of the third field army. He has participated in Lincheng, Chaoyangji, Meng Lianggu, Nanma, Jiaohe, Laiyang, Huaihai, crossing the river and liberating Zhejiang.
After the founding of New China, he successively served as deputy political commissar of China People's Liberation Army Division, division political commissar, deputy director and director of military political department, deputy political commissar and director of Chinese people's Volunteer Army Military Political Department, deputy political commissar of China People's Liberation Army, deputy director of Beijing Military Region Political Department, director, deputy political commissar and director of Xinjiang Military Region Political Department, and deputy political commissar and consultant of Guangzhou Military Region. He successively participated in the campaigns of suppressing bandits in eastern Zhejiang, liberating coastal islands, and suppressing rebellion in Qinghai and Gannan.
He is a representative of the Fifth National People's Congress. 1955 awarded the rank of senior colonel, 1964 promoted the rank of major general.
He was awarded the Second Medal of Independence and Freedom, the Second Medal of Liberation and the Medal of Independence and Honor.