Born in Puning City, Guangdong Province, China in October 1963. University graduate.

1986-1987 Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (MFA) (studied at Cardiff University, the United Kingdom).

1987-1990 Desk Officer and Attaché, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

1990-1994 Attaché, Third Secretary and Deputy Division Director, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA.

1994-1997 Second Secretary and First Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America.

1997-2000 Division Director and Counsellor, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA.

2000-2005 Deputy Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA.

2005-2008 Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America.

2008-2010 Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA.

2010-2013 Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee, Vice Mayor of Nanjing, Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Nanjing Municipal Government and Executive Vice Mayor of Nanjing.

2013-2015 Member of the CPC MFA Committee, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs.

2015-2021 Member of the CPC MFA Committee, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.

2021- Ambassador to the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Married with a son.