1after August, 945, he served as deputy director of the Political Research Office of Jilin Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, propaganda minister of the pro-democracy movement of Jinan District Committee, and propaganda minister of Jilin Municipal Committee. After 1949, he successively served as deputy mayor of Nanchang, deputy secretary of Shantou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy secretary of Party Committee of Hainan Administrative Region, deputy director of South China Branch of Propaganda Department of CPC Central Committee, propaganda minister of Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy secretary-general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Central and South Bureau, director of agricultural office, and director of research office of Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
After 1975, he served as member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the provincial party Committee.
At the beginning of 1979, he was responsible for organizing three special economic zones in Guangdong province, and concurrently served as the director of the provincial special economic zone management Committee, the first secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the mayor of Shenzhen.
1985, he was elected as the chairman of the fifth and sixth CPPCC in Guangdong Province.
China * * * Delegate to the 12th and 13th National Congresses.