He worked as a director and producer for the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV for 14 years, covering social, political and environmental issues. He was producer for Lixin Fan's Last Train Home, which looked at the world's largest annual human migration as millions of Chinese flock from the cities to their rural homes by train every Lunar New Year. The film, which premiered on POV in 2011, won the 2012 News and Documentary Emmy® Award for Best Documentary.