Wu was born in Wujiang, Jiangsu, in June 1969. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1992 after graduating from Nanjing Aeronautical Institute (now Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) with a major in wireless communications. He also studied political economy as a graduate student at the Jiangsu Party School.[3]
Wu began his career in August 1992 as a staff member in the office of the Wujiang Municipal Committee of the CCP. He later became deputy division chief, and subsequently held leadership positions in the Wujiang Economic Development Zone and Wujiang Investment Promotion Bureau. From 2007 to 2011, he served in several concurrent posts in the Wujiang Fenhu Economic Development Zone and as party secretary of Pingwang and Fenhu towns. He later became a member of the standing committee of the Wujiang Municipal Committee, and later of the Suzhou Municipal Committee.[4][5]
From 2016 to 2017, Wu was director and CCP committee secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce. He then moved to Suzhou New District, where he served as deputy CCP committee secretary, district governor, and later district CCP secretary of Huqiu.[6] From 2019 to 2021, he was the CCP secretary of Kunshan and concurrently secretary of the Kunshan Economic and Technological Development Zone.[1][7]
In September 2021, Wu was appointed deputy CCP committee secretary of Nantong and acting mayor. He became mayor in February 2022, before being promoted to CCP committee secretary of Nantong in March 2023. Since August 2023, he has concurrently served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Nantong People's Congress.[8]