In 1990, Dou served as the director of Resettlement Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was appointed as the director of the Department of Social Affairs in 1996.[citation needed]
In 2003 he became the director of the Office of Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was promoted to the Vice Minister from 2006 to 2016.[1]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates ; S Committed suicide 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.