Yu Yongfu, male, Han nationality, graduated from the Central China Mining and Metallurgy Institute. Yu has had long term experience working in mineral processing, especially in rare metal separation engineering, involving ferric oxide and rare earth. He has been honored with National Significant Science and Technology Achievement Awards, and National Science and Technology Advancement Awards. He has also been granted with the title of "National Advanced Worker" and he won the May 1st Labor Metal.
Yu Yongfu has served as a doctoral supervisor at the Wuhang University of Science and Engineering.