Born in 1951 in Changle County, Shandong province, Ms. Wu Aiying joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1970 and began her career in August 1973. She has a post-graduate diploma of the Central Communist Party School.

From 1971 to 1973 she studied in the Department of Political Science at Shandong University.

From 1973 to 1978 she served successively as teacher in the Communist Party School of the Party Committee of Changle County, Deputy Secretary General of the Communist Party Committee of Gaoya Communist Society under Changle County, permanent member of the Communist Party Committee of Changle county, Deputy Secretary General of Chengguan Communist Society under Changle County, Deputy Secretary General of the Communist Party Committee of Changle County, Deputy Director of the Revolutionary Committee of the County and concurrently Secretary General of the Party Committee and Director of the Revolutionary Committee of Chengguan Communist Society.

From 1978 to 1982 she served successively as Secretary General of Changwei Regional Committee of the Communist Youth League and Secretary General of Regional Party Group.

From 1982 to 1989 she worked successively as Deputy Secretary General of Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League, Vice President and President of Shandong Provincial Youth Union and Director General of Shandong Provincial Youth Working Committee.

From 1989 to 1993 she was Deputy Director General of Shandong Provincial Women’s Federation, Deputy Secretary General of the Provincial Party Group, Director General of the Provincial Women’s Federation, and Secretary General of the Party Group and concurrently President of Shandong branch of China Women Leaders’ Training College.

From 1993 to 1998 she acted as Vice Governor of Shandong Province and member of Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party.

From 1998 to 2002 she was Deputy Secretary General of the Communist Party Committee of Shandong Province (From September 1998 to July 2001 she studied in the faculty of political science in the on-job postgraduate class for provincial and ministerial officials in the Central Communist Party School).

From March 2002 she was appointed as Deputy Secretary General of the Party Committee of Shandong Province, President of the Provincial Committee of the People’s Consultative Conference and Secretary General of the Party Group of the Committee.

She was appointed as Vice Minister of Justice and Deputy Secretary General of the Party Group of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in November 2003(with the rank of principal minister). She was appointed as Minister of Justice and Secretary General of the Party Group of MOJ on 1 July 2005.

Ms. Wu has been representative of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth sessions of CPC Congress, alternate member of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth of CPC Central Committee and member of the tenth National People’s Political Consultative Conference.