Yang Furu (1918-1992) was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He took a design crash course at the Shanghai Bai'e Drawing Academy in 1935 and in the following years designed New Year pictures after work. In 1956, he became a designer of New Year prints by special appointment at the Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House. Since 1949, he has designed more than 180 New Year prints and has received official recognition for his work.