Wu Feng was born in Xicheng, Beijing, in 1977 with learning disabilities. His mother also has learning difficulties and his father is blind.
He received six-months training in the Lizhi Rehabilitation Center, and found a job in a supermarket. Wu quit the job over a wage dispute.
Since then he has worked in the aquatic product sector of a Hualian supermarket chain store. He would like to start a family.