Two years later, he joined the Radio and Television Bureau as a reporter and secretary. After working as a secretary in the Office of CPC Huangzhong County Committee for eight months, he was transferred to Haidong and worked as a secretary. In April 1996, he was transferred again to Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, where he ultimately became director of the Office and deputy secretary general of CPC Haibei Municipal Committee. In June 2001 he was promoted to become party chief of Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, concurrently holding the chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress, the top legislature in the county. In September 2005 he was appointed head of Organization Department of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Committee of the Communist Party of China and in April 2009 was elevated to deputy mayor of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. He served as deputy party chief of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in April 2010, and in February 2013 was promoted to the party chief position. During his time as deputy party chief, the 2010 Yushu earthquake occurred on April 14, 2,698 people were confirmed dead, 270 missing and 12,135 injured, 1,434 of them severely. In July 2015, he was transferred back to Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and was appointed party chief. Five years later, he rose to become vice governor of Qinghai, a position at vice-ministerial level. Wen was involved in the large-scale illegal mining case in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, which made headlines nationwide for the severe damage caused to the Qilian Mountains.