1953- 1957 studied in Peking University.
1957- 1958 as an intern in Beijing Institute of Atomic Energy.
1958- 1979 was appointed as the research assistant of the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1979- 1980 was a visiting scholar at the French National Center for Heavy Ion Research.
1980- 1986 was appointed as an associate researcher, deputy director and director of the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1986- 1994, researcher and director of Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1987- 1998 Dean of Lanzhou Branch of China Academy of Sciences.
1992 director of Lanzhou heavy ion accelerator national laboratory.
1995 10 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences.