Ding Hao (1917-2011) hailed from Wujiang, Jiangsu Province. In the 1930s, Ding designed commercial art. In the early 1950s, he taught at the Shanghai Art Training School. In 1952, he became head of the section responsible for designing New Year pictures and propaganda images under the Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House.

Ding cooperated with Cai Zhenhua and Zhao Yannian.