[3] Fu received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Chinese language and literature from Yangzhou Teachers College in 1985.
[3] Fu entered the workforce in July 1985, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1993.
[3] He had also briefly served as executive deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee.
[3] In February 2020, Fu was recalled to the central government and appointed deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
[4] Fu was appointed editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency in June 2021, and was promoted to president a year later.