He graduated from National College of Pharmacy (now China Pharmaceutical University) in 1948 and received Degree for Candidate for D.Sc from All-Union Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Moscow in 1955.
He worked at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences after returning to China.
He led a research team for nuclear fuel extractants since 1958.
In 1997, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.