[1]: 97  He graduated from the North China Electric Power University in engineering, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1985.

[2] In 1989, the Ministry of Education selected Shu to be one of a group of outstanding mid-career officials to participate in a year-long technical study program in the United Kingdom.

[1]: 97 After Liu Zhenya's retirement from State Grid, in 2016 Shu became the enterprise's chairman and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary.

[1]: 97  Shu adopted a strategy of "re-electrification" which sought to replace coal and petroleum power with electricity generated from renewable energy sources.

[7] He has been extensively involved in the technical research and management of power-grid planning, engineering, dispatch and operation.