Wu Xinhua, Male, was born in January 1963 in Xinyuan County, Xinjiang. From September 1981 to July 1985, he studied Modern Uyghur Language at the Department of Chinese and Ethnic Languages, Xinjiang University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. From July 1985 to August 1991, he taught at Xinjiang University, delivering courses on Modern Uyghur Language, Ancient Turkic, Old Uyghur Script, and the History of Central Asia.

From September 1991 to July 1994, he first pursued postgraduate studies in Chinese Ancient History (with a focus on the Tang Dynasty history) at the Department of History, Peking University, and later transferred to the Department of Oriental Languages to major in Sanskrit and Pali, earning a Master of Arts degree. He then went on to study Han-Tang Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from September 1994 to July 1997, and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in History degree.

Since July 1997, he has been working at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as a research fellow, and once served as the leader of the Xinjiang Archaeological Work Team.

His research focuses on Xinjiang archaeology and historical geography. He has long been engaged in field investigations and excavations in Xinjiang.

•Wu Xinhua. Investigation and Research on the Tang Dynasty Transportation Routes in Turpan. Qingdao Publishing House, 1999.

•Wu Xinhua. Explorers Who Went into Western China: Aurel Stein. China Ethnic Photographic Art Publishing House, 2002.

•Aurel Stein (UK). Detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-Su and Eastern Iran (Co-translator: Wu Xinhua). Guangxi Normal University Press, 2004.

•Die Buddhistische Spatantike in Mittelasien (Co-translator: Wu Xinhua). Xinjiang Education Press, 2006.

•Albert Grünwedel (Germany). A tbuddhistische Ku tstistaetten in Chinesisch Turkistan (Co-translator: Wu Xinhua). Renmin University of China Press, 2001.

•Aurel Stein (UK). On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks (Sole Translator: Wu Xinhua). Guangxi Normal University Press, 2008.

•Wu Xinhua. "On the Origin and Circulation of the Four Beasts Painting and the Four Beasts Karma Jataka Story", in Yuan Xue (Original Studies), Vol. 5. Peking University Press, 1996.

•Wu Xinhua. 2006. Das Graberfeld Liushui des 9. bis 7. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. im Kunlun-Gebirge, NW-China: Vorbericht uber die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen 2002 bis 2005. Eurasia-Antiqua 12: 173-191.

•Wu Xinhua. "The Bronze Age Cemetery at Liushui in Yutian County, Xinjiang". Archaeology, No. 7, 2006.

•Wu Xinhua. "Discovery and Research on the Buddhist Temple Remains at Damaogou in Qira County", in Sino-Japanese Joint Academic Survey Report on the Dandan Oilik Site. Shinyosha (Japan), 2007.

•Wu Xinhua. "Textual Research on the Transportation Routes Between Xizhou and Its Surroundings in the Tang Dynasty", in Tao Li Cheng Xi Ji: Festschrift in Honor of Professor An Zhimin's 80th Birthday. Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004.

•Wu Xinhua. "Archaeological Research on Northern Asia", in Studies on the Ancient History of Inner Eurasia—Series of the History of Chinese Humanities Research in the 20th Century (Ed. Yu Taishan). Fujian People's Publishing House, 2005.

•Wu Xinhua. 2008. Alltagsstress in Liushui-krankheitsbilder des Bewegungsapparates im bronzezeitlichen Westchina. Eurasia Antiqua 14: 167-191.

•Wu Xinhua. 2008. Prehistoric Archaeology in the Zhunge'er (Junggar) Basin, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Eurasian Prehistory 6(1-2): 167-198.