Member of the Communist Party of China. He graduated from the School of Radio of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, majoring in radio communication in 1968. In 1987, he received his PhD degree in pattern recognition and intelligent control in Automation, Tsinghua University. He served Successively as Assistant Engineer in Zhengzhou Railway Bureau under the Ministry of Railways; Deputy Director of Beijing Research Institute of Artificial Limb Science, Ministry of Civil Affairs; Deputy Director-General and Director-General of the Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Civil Affairs; Director-General of the Department of Mass Organizations Administration, Ministry of Civil Affairs; Director-General of the Administration of Non-governmental Organizations, Ministry of Civil Affairs. Beginning from January 2001, he has been serving as Vice Minister of Science and Technology, in charge of Supervisory Affairs.