Pan was born in Quanzhou, Fujian Province in September 1972. He graduated from Fujian Normal University in 1993 with a degree in mathematics. He then pursued graduate studies at Xiamen University, earning a master’s degree in statistics in 1996 and a doctorate in public finance in 1999. After completing his doctoral studies, Pan began his career in July 1999 in the Policy and Regulation Division of the Fujian Provincial Local Taxation Bureau. He rose to the rank of deputy director of the Tax Research Institute within the bureau.[2]
In 2005, Pan transitioned to Shanxi Province, where he served as Deputy Director of the Provincial Economic Commission, and later as Deputy Director of the Provincial Finance Department. In 2011, he began a series of municipal leadership roles in Changzhi, Shanxi, including Vice Mayor, District Party Secretary of Changzhi Suburban District, and Executive Vice Mayor.[3][4]
In July 2017, Pan was appointed Director and Party Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Local Taxation Bureau. After the national tax system reform, he became Director and Deputy Party Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Taxation Bureau under the State Taxation Administration.[5]
From 2019 to 2021, Pan served as Director of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, and then briefly as Director of the Shanxi Provincial Finance Department.[6]
In March 2021, he was appointed Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, before being promoted to a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Secretary-General of the Provincial Committee in November 2021.[7][8]
In August 2022, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and of the Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[9][10]