Shenyang Military Region
After 1977, he served as the secretary of Li Desheng, then the commander of the Shenyang Military Region. In May 1984, he was appointed Political Commissar of the 115th Division of the 39th Group Army. In June 1990, he was promoted to Director of the Political Department of the 16th Group Army, and attained the rank of major general. He was later promoted to political commissar of the 16th Army.