 In 1991, she joined the PLA Naval Song and Dance Troupe as a national first-class singer.As of 2009, she was a non-combatant Rear Admiral in China’s Naval Song and Dance Troupe.She was widely rumoured to have been the long-time mistress of Jiang Zemin, the General Secretary of Communist Party of China from 1989-2002; Peng Liyuan (彭麗媛) born 1966, is a Chinese contemporary folk singer and performing artist.