He served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Chengdu Military Region.

[1] He is the son of Ai Fulin (艾福林), former political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region artillery force.

[1] Ai served for many years in the Shenyang Military Region, rising to commander of the 347th Regiment of the 116th Division of the 39th Group Army, later divisional commander and then chief of staff of the 39th Group Army (1999).

In September 2007, he was transferred to the Chengdu Military Region to serve as chief of staff.

In February 2012, he became deputy commander of the Chengdu MR.[1] Ai Husheng retired from active service in December 2014, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 63 for deputy military region level commanders.