1970 Began working as an artist and designer at a cultural center and a folk crafts studio in Qidong City, Jiangsu Province, and later as a research designer at Nantong Industrial Arts Institute in Nantong, Jiangsu. Took advanced classes at Beijing Central Industrial Arts College.
1970 年任江蘇省啟東市文化館美術創作員。而後數年間先後轉任啟東市工藝品廠設計師及南通市工藝美術研究所工藝師，並曾赴北京中央工藝美術學院進修研究，