Guangzhou Military Region
After the war, he was promoted to command an air force division, and later commander of the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force. In 1985, he was appointed commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. When the PLA re-instituted military ranks, he was awarded the rank of general ("shang jiang") in September 1988. He retired in 1992. Starting with him all PLAAF commanders have been career aviators.