Qi entered the workforce in November 1968, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1984.[2]
In September 1985, Qi became vice president of Ningxia Industrial Design Institute, rising to president in June 1990.[2] He was assigned to Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Planning Committee in October 1995.[2] At the committee, he eventually became deputy director in March 1998 and director in June 2002.[2] He was appointed vice chairman of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional People's Government in January 2005 and in June 2007 was admitted to member of the CCP Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee, the region's top authority.[2] In January 2013, he was chosen as chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the regional advisory body.[2]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 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.