Ni Fanghua (1948) is a native of Shanghai. She was educated at the Shanghai Industrial Arts Academy, where she graduated in 1968. Before she became an arts editor at the Jiangxi People's Publishing House, she worked at the Yingtan Film Academy in Jiangxi Province.

Ms. Ni is specialized in oil painting. The work 'Our country is a united and unified multi-cultural nation', which was made in collaboration with Ding Yuguan and Ma Hongdao, belongs to the collection of the Nationalities Cultural Palace in Beijing.