Chen Lun commenced employment in September 1975 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1982. During his formative years, Chen served as an assembly line worker and trade union officer at the No. 1 Furniture Factory in Fuzhou. In 1978, he commenced his studies in the Chinese Language program at Fuzhou Teachers College. After graduating, he assumed the role of a Chinese language instructor at Fuzhou No. 8 Middle School. In 1981, he became a member of the Policy Research Office of the Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party [zh] and subsequently occupied other roles within the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee, including staff member, deputy director, deputy secretary-general, and director of the office.[3]
From 1993, Chen held the position of Party Secretary of the suburban district of Fuzhou, thereafter serving as Vice Mayor of Fuzhou, a Standing Committee Member of the CCP Fuzhou Committee, and Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. He engaged in advanced studies in market economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from December 1996 to November 1998 and participated in a leadership training program at the Fujian Party School in 1999.[4][5]
In September 2001, Chen assumed the roles of Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission in Fuzhou. In October 2003, he was designated as Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Provincial Department of Supervision. In February 2011, he was appointed to Jilin Province as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Secretary of the Jilin Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.[6] He returned to Fujian in February 2015 and held the position of Vice Chairman and Party Leadership Group Member of the Standing Committee of the 12th Fujian Provincial People's Congress until his retirement in January 2017.[7][8][9]