Her husband Hou Yao was also a Chinese film pioneer and advocate for gender equality,[1] and the couple influenced each other's style.

[2] Pu Shunqing attended Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, majoring in political economy.

[2] She wrote the well-known three-act play, Paradise on Earth, which adds a female character named "Wisdom" to the plot of the Book of Genesis.

[4] She would write the scripts for Cai Gongshi and Mulan Joins the Army before the China Sun Motion Picture Company would go bankrupt.

[2] Hou later moved to Hong Kong and became de facto married to his assistant scriptwriter Wan Hoi-ling, but probably never formally divorced Pu.