Born in Jinjiang, Fujian,[1] He started playing football at the age of six.
[2] At the age of eleven, he was approached by Hangzhou Greentown, Shandong Luneng and the Evergrande Football School, with He opting to join the latter.
[2] After one Chinese FA Cup appearance for Guangzhou, Wu moved to Spain to join Sporting de Gijón, alongside teammates Jiang Weilang and Wu Junjie.
[3][4] In his first season, he was loaned to affiliate club Gijón Industrial in the Tercera División RFEF.
[3] He returned to Guangzhou in 2022, making his debut in the Chinese Super League on 23 August of the same year.