At an early age, Wu was recommended to study taijiquan with the Shanxi wushu team under Xu Yuru.

[1] Wu later made his international debut at the 2005 East Asian Games where he won the gold medal in the taijiquan and taijijian combined event.

A year later at the 2006 Asian Games, he won the gold medal in taijiquan.

[1] After winning the gold medal in taijiquan at the 2007 World Wushu Championships,[2] he competed and won at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament[3][4] the 2009 World Games, and the 2010 Asian Games[5] in the same combined event.

His last competition was at the 2011 World Wushu Championships where he won a gold medal in taijijian.