ProfessorWuYu-mingwasborninDingxiCity,GansuProvinceofNorthwestChina.HeattendedNorth-westNormalUniversityinLanzhou,receivingtheBScingeographyin1993,andalsoaGraduateCertificateinHumanGeographyin1996atNorthwestNormalUniver-sity.HecompletedhiseducationatEastChinaNormal