Wu Quanxu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Changshu, Jiangsu province. He was born in 1939, joined the PLA in 1954 and joined the CPC in 1959. He was promoted to the rank of major general in 1988, promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1994, and promoted to the rank of general in 2000. Wu graduated from the Shanyang Artillery School. Wu held leading posts in the 1st Army of the PLA Ground Force. In 1995 he became deputy chief of the PLA General Staff.
Wu Quanxu is an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee.