1946 to 1976 worked in suihua district, Heilongjiang province, and successively served as deputy section chief of finance department of suiling county people's government, chief of finance and grain department of suiling county, deputy county magistrate of suiling county, county magistrate and deputy commander of Geshan reservoir site, deputy director of Songhua river water conservancy bureau, deputy commissioner of suihua district, deputy secretary of suihua district committee of CPC, etc. 196 1 year-1966 studied at Beijing institute of water resources and hydropower (now north China university of water resources and hydropower), majoring in river hub and hydropower station construction. June 1976 Transferred to Deputy Director of Heilongjiang Agricultural Office. 1977, served as deputy governor of Heilongjiang province, director of the provincial planning commission, member of the standing Committee of the provincial party Committee, deputy secretary of the provincial party Committee and governor.

198865438+February, served as Deputy Minister of Water Resources and Deputy Secretary of the Party Group. 199 1 March, 1998 to1March, 1998, served as Minister of Construction and Party Secretary. 1996 UN-HABITAT awarded Comrade Hou Jie the "United Nations Special Honor Award for Human Settlements". 65438+1In March 1998, he served as the ninth member of the Standing Committee of China People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the Population, Resources and Environment Committee.

Hou Jie, member of the 12th, 13th and 14th CPC Central Committee. He used to be deputy director of the State Council Environmental Protection Committee, deputy head of the State Council Housing Reform Leading Group, deputy director of National Greening Committee, deputy director of Beijing Planning and Construction Committee, executive director of China Mayors Association, chairman of china civil engineering society, president of China Construction Industry Association, president of China Urban Public Transport Association and honorary chairman of China Urban Environmental Sanitation Association.

20001October 3, died in Beijing at the age of 69.