Xiaohui Wu (b. 1993) is a photo editor and photojournalist based in Beijing, China. She began her professional career after earning a master's degree in journalism in 2018. Her work primarily focuses on social issues in China, including social justice, gender equality, urbanization, environmental concerns, and the challenges of an aging society.
From September 2023 to April 2024, she worked as a photo and video journalist for China Daily’s Africa bureau in Nairobi, Kenya. During this time, she covered China-Africa cooperation across various sectors, climate change in East Africa, and gender issues within Maasai communities.
Her photo story on climate change at Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, won the Bronze Prize in the Environment category at the 2023 Asian Press Photo Awards. As an editor, Xiaohui and her team received third prize at the China News Award in 2022. Her work has been exhibited at the 2022 Pingyao International Photography Exhibition and the fifth Ningbo International Photo Week.
Xiaohui's work has appeared in major publications such as China Daily, Reuters, Initium Media, and Tencent News. She is also a member of the Dixphoto Documentary Photographers League, a collective of young Chinese photographers focused on contemporary issues in China. Her work was featured in Dixphoto’s group exhibition, Life in the Time of COVID-19, at the Shanghai Mass Art Center.
