From 1991 until 1998, she held successively the posts of Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation, and member of the 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.
Dende 1991 ata 1998 exerceu os cargos de viceministra do Ministerio de Relacións Económicas e Comercio Exterior, ministra de Comercio Internacional e Cooperación Internacional e membro o XIV e XV Comité Central do PCCh.