He has successively served as a student, platoon leader, deputy company commander, company commander, deputy battalion staff officer, battalion commander, deputy director, director, brigade chief of staff, director of military artillery headquarters, and director of a mechanized infantry division in the Beijing Military Region.
From December 2009 to January 2012, served in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Beijing Military Region Chief of Staff of the 65th Army Group. From February 2012 to February 2014, he served as the commander of the 65th Group Army of the Beijing Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
From February 2014 to July 2015, he served as the commander of the 38th Group Army of the Beijing Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
From July 2015 to December 2015, served as the Chief of Staff of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force. [2]
In December 2015, he served as the Chief of Staff of the PLA Army. [3]
He once served as the army commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
He is currently a member of the Central Military Commission of the CPC, the Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff of the Military Commission, and a member of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China. [9] [11-13]
Representatives to the 19th and 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China , member of the 19th and 20th Central Committee, deputy of the 12th and 14th National People's Congress Table. [1] [4] [6-8] [10]
In December 2010, he was promoted to the rank of Major General;
In July 2016, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General;
In July 2021, he will be promoted to the rank of general 。 [5]