1952-1956 China University of Geosciences

1957-1985 Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1985-present Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
1997-present Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering

Marine geology & geophysics (Submarine Geosciences), Marine Exploration Technology

He has published more than 100 papers, of which more than 60 are included by SCI/EI. He has published 5 monographs and 1 translation.

Member was in:
Science Steering and Evaluation Panel for the Earth’s Interior (ISSEP) of JOIDES
Education Panel of Seabed Authority, United Nations
Committee on Marine Geology, IUGG
Chinese Scientific Commission on Ocean Drilling Program
InterMARGINS Steering Committee
America Geophysical Union
Chinese Committee of Lithosphere
Chinese Society of Oceanology & Limnology
Chinese Society of Oceanography
Chinese Society of Geology
Chinese Society of Geophysics
Chinese Society of Marine geology
Editorial Committee of Acta Oceanologica Sinica

He had won a number of provincial and ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards, the National "Eight-Five" Advanced Individual for Science and Technology, Guanghua Engineering Award. He was selected as one of the top 10 Marine Figures in China in 2013, and won the commemorative medal of "Lifelong dedication to the Ocean" in 2016.