After returning to China in 1911, he worked as a reporter while preparing for the revolution. He was almost arrested by the Qing government, rescued by the revolutionary Zhao Sheng, and later went to Shanghai to continue his revolutionary work. In October of the same year, the Wuchang uprising broke out, and Shā Gàn and Chen Qimei organized a team to attack the Shanghai Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. After the Shanghai Uprising, he served as a staff member of the Dudu's Office.