Yu Zhihong is woman of Han nationality born in October 1966 in Hebei Province. She is a professor and doctoral supervisor. In 1988, she graduated from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical manufacturing. From 1988 to 1990, she worked as a technician in Shijiazhuang Aircraft Factory. From 1990 to 1993, she worked as an engineer in Honggang Machinery Factory of the Sixth Institute of Aerospace Science and Industry Group. At the end of 1993, she was transferred to the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University. She graduated from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University with a master's degree in Mechanical Design and theory in 2000. In January 2007, she graduated from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University with the major of agricultural mechanization and obtained the Doctor's degree of engineering. In June 1998, she went to Japan to study in Okayama University for one year. From April 2015 to July 2015 to she went to Singapore Nanyang Technological University National Institute of Education for three months of further study.