Mao Zengdian, male, Han nationality, was born in Kunming, Yunnan (ancestral home is Fenghua, Zehjiang Province), graduated from Shipbuilding Department, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomingtang in l986.
Mao spent the first 25 years of his career as a teacher and professor in the Shanghai area. After joining the government-approved Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomingtang in l986, he held several positions on municipal and national committees of that party as well as serving on committees of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is also the co-author of two books dealing with engineering mechanics.