Starting in 1957, he successively served as technician, engineer, deputy division director, and deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Geological Bureau.[1] He was deputy director and then director of the Qinghai Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources from April 1982 to June 1985.[1] In July 1985, he was promoted to become deputy party secretary and governor of Qinghai, and served until September 1989.[1] In October 1989, he became vice minister of geology and mineral resources [zh], rising to minister in April 1994.[1][3] He was appointed director of the State Environmental Protection Administration in April 1998, concurrently holding the deputy director of the National Mineral Resources Commission position.[1] He was chosen as director of the China Earthquake Administration in January 2002, and held that office until December 2004.[1][4] He retired in December 2009.
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