1972, Liu Wenxin was born in a poor peasant family in Wangxiao Village, Wangxiao Township, Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province. /kloc-dropping out of school at the age of 0/4 and working at home.
Xinyang is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, located at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces. It is the transition zone of geography and climate between the north and the south of China, and the fusion zone of Henan and Chu cultures.