Beginning in November 1988, he served in several posts in the Guangdong Provincial Finance Department, including section member, principal staff member, and director. In March 1999, he was appointed vice mayor of Dongguan, a city in Guangdong, but held the position for only two-and-a-half years. He then moved back to the Guangdong Provincial Finance Department and was appointed its deputy head. In April 2007, he was promoted to party branch secretary of Guangdong Provincial Audit Department, concurrently holding the head position since March 2008. In March 2015, he was appointed as party secretary of Shaoguan, another Guangdong city, making him the top political leader there. He was promoted to vice governor of Guangdong in January 2016.[citation needed]
In March 2017, he was transferred to the neighboring Hainan province, and he was appointed secretary of its Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Party's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts. He also served as director of the Hainan Provincial Supervisory Commission. He became a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Hainan Provincial Committee.[1]
In October 2022, he was elected as a member of the CCP Central Committee at the 20th CCP National Congress. In December 2022, he was appointed secretary of the CCP Committee of Shanxi province.[4] He stepped down from the post on 28 September 2023.[5] On 28 September 2023, he was appointed as the CCP committee secretary of the Ministry of Finance.[6] On 24 October, he was appointed as the Minister of Finance.[7]
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