Starting in 1950 he worked as an engineer in the non-ferrous metal industry in Northeast China, and later trained and worked at an aluminum factory in the Ural region of the Soviet Union.
Starting in 1950 he worked as an engineer in the non-ferrous metal industry in Northeast China. In 1952 he studied Russian in Fushun, Liaoning province, and later trained and worked at an aluminium factory in the Ural region of the Soviet Union.