# Cairui Fu

> Cairui Fu, also known as Arnold Fu and A Nuo, is the Shanghai-based founder of Hujiang. He started an English-learning forum as a university student in 2001 and began commercial operations in 2006. His career connects online learning communities, paid courses, independent-teacher platforms and the Hu+ rural education initiative; he served on the 2017 WISE Awards jury and stepped down as Hujiang’s chairman in 2019.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur and education technology founder
- **Organizations:** Hujiang
- **From:** Lianyungang, China
- **Nationality:** Chinese
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in English (finance and investment), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Master’s degree in English linguistics, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- **Known for:** Built Hujiang from a student learning forum into an online education business., Named to the 2016 Makers and Shakers of Education Technology Index., Selected as a juror for the 2017 WISE Awards.

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Started Hujiang Yulin, a free English-learning online forum, as a university junior.
- **2006** — Began commercial operations with eight founding team members and 80,000 yuan.
- **2009** — Hujiang developed its online-school business.
- **2015** — Hujiang announced a one-billion-yuan Series D round on October 28 and launched Hu+ in October.
- **2016** — Included in the Makers and Shakers of Education Technology Index.
- **2017** — Served on the WISE Awards jury in Doha.
- **2018** — CCtalk hosted a Harvard Business School FIELD Global Immersion team.
- **2019** — Stepped down as chairman and legal representative in November; contemporaneous reporting said he remained a director and general manager.

## Achievements

- Built Hujiang from a student learning forum into an online education business.
- Named to the 2016 Makers and Shakers of Education Technology Index.
- Selected as a juror for the 2017 WISE Awards.
- Associated with Hu+, launched in 2015 to connect rural schools with teaching resources.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Shanghai Sanmao’s 2025 half-year report continued to describe the Hujiang investment-related share-repurchase arbitration naming Fu among the respondents and its subsequent enforcement history.
- **2024-06** — National Business Daily’s retrospective on CCtalk reiterated Fu’s 2019 departure as Hujiang chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://hujiang.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E5%BD%A9%E7%91%9E-%E4%BC%8F-b29652149

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Last updated: 2026-10-07