WU Changjiang was born in 1954 in Hangu in the outskirts of Tianjin. He is currently branch party secretary and standing vice-chairman of the China Artist Association, member of the panel of chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, honorary dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Renmin University, professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and standing council member of the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture.