Jing'an District
From 1979 to 1983 he worked at a fruit company in Jing'an District, Shanghai. From 1980 to 1984 he studied at Jiang'an Part-time University, majoring in Chinese literature. Starting in 1983, he worked at the Jiang'an District government, becoming Deputy Communist Party Chief of the district in 1996. From 1989 to 1991 he enrolled at the graduate school of East China Normal University, studying economics.