Wu Bilian, female, Han nationality, is a native of Shehong, Sichuan province. She was born in 1945, graduated from Chongqing University, and joined the CPC in 1982. Wu spent almost two decades at the Yumen Petroleum Administration in Gansu province, serving as chief economic administrator and deputy director. Subsequently she held leading posts with the People's Government in Gansu and in 1998 she served as vice-governor of the province. In 2005, she became Vice-Chairman of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress.