He served as the Governor of Jiangxi from January 2007 to June 2011.
[1] Wu was born in 1949 in eastern Jiangsu Province.
He later successively served in government posts in his native Jiangyin, then the Mayor of Wuxi, then he was transferred to Jiangxi province to serve as the Party Secretary of Nanchang.
[1] Wu took over from Liu Tienan in March 2013 as director of the National Energy Administration.
Wu reached retirement age in 2014 and left office as head of the NEA in December.