 He became Head of the Publicity Department of Inner Mongolia in 1978, and then Party Chief and Mayor of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia.In December 1982, he became Chairman of Inner Mongolia, a position his father had held decades ago, and served for more than a decade until May 1993.From March 1993 to March 2003 he served two terms as Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.