Wu Yulong received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University. He obtained a PhD degree majoring in fluid and engineering heat transfer and a master's degree in computer from the City University of New York, USA. 

Having worked in some US companies with posts related to technological innovation and enterprise operation management, Wu has rich international experience. He returned to China in 2003 on an invitation to join the industrialization project of the fourth generation nuclear high-temperature gas cooled reactor that was researched and developed by China and serves as the general-manager of Chinergy Co Ltd and the deputy head of the high-temperature gas cooled reactor project – a national key science and technology special project. In 2006, he was granted with the Friendship Award by Chinese government and elected as a member of the Recruitment Program of Global Experts in 2010.