 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2008, Xu akanga ari mutevedzeri wemukuru wevashandi veNanjing Military Region Air Force apo kudengenyeka kukuru kweSichuanzvakaitika. Akaiswa mutarisiri weNanjing MR air force units mukutsvaga nekununura. Iye pachake akatarisira kugadzirira kwendege muSpecial Rescue Regiment iyo yakagamuchira mirairo yekukurumidzira kuunganidzwa na10: 30 manheru pausiku hwekudengenyeka, ichibva maawa matatu gare gare nezvinhu zvese zvinodiwa. Akazokwidziridzwa kuva mukuru wevashandi veNanjing MRAF. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru weGuangzhou Military Region Air Force uye panguva imwechete mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weGuangzhou MR muna 2013, achitsiva Zhang Jianping, anga ave mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wePLAAF. Xu akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo cheLieutenant General musi wa16 Chikunguru 2014. 