In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, Bai was removed from office and effectively sidelined.[1] He was reinstated in July 1969 as deputy director of the Office of Shanxi Provincial Planning Commission.[1] In 1973, he was appointed deputy party secretary of Pinglu County (now Pinglu District), but having held the position for only two years. In 1975, he became deputy head of the Finance and Trade Department of CCP Shanxi Provincial Committee, a position he held until 1981, when he was named permanent secretary of Southeast Shanxi Special Prefecture.[1] In 1983, he was vice governor and then executive vice governor of Shanxi, in addition to serving as director of Shanxi Provincial Planning Commission.[1] In April 1985, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Shanxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.
Bai was chosen as deputy party secretary of Shaanxi in March 1990, concurrently holding the governor position.[1]
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^Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN7-80056-903-9.