Exhibitions
1985
Group exhibition at Beijing Worker's Culture Palace
1994 
"The Wheat Hands" -solo exhibition in Hong Kong
1996 
Group exhibition in Tokyo Photo Gallery, Japan
1997 
"The Square City" at the National Art Museum, Beijing
2002
“Common Folk” at the Pingyao International Photography Festival , Shanxi
2003
“Humanism in China” as co-curator and exhibitor at Guangdong Museum of Art
2004
“Humanism in China” at Shanghai Art Museum and Beijing National Art Museum
2006 
Humanism in China” at the Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art Germany
“The Wheat Hands of the West Land", solo show in 798 Art Zone Beijing
"Humanism in Guanzhong" solo exhibition at Xi'an Academic of Fine Arts
"Une Autre Chine: Photographies de HWG" solo show at Librairie Galerie Impressions Paris France
2007
"Folks Memory" at the gallery of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
2008
“Humanism in China” at the City Art Centre of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2009
“Humanism in China” at the gallery of China Institute, New York, USA
2010
“Witness – 20 Documentary Photographers” at Xi’An Art Museum
2011
“Dragon in the Fields” solo show at Beaugeste Photo Gallery Shanghai
“Historical Retrospective” group show at 798 Photo Gallery in Beijing

Awards
1983
Best News Photo of the Year for his work "The Flood"
1984 
National Outstanding Photojournalist granted by China Journalists Association
1985 
First prize of China Photography for his work "The Bridegroom"
1992 
Silver Medal of China Journalism Awards for his "Between Man and Man"
2003 
Third prize of Shaanxi Journalism Awards for his column: "Hu's Recollection of the Past"
2004 
Named China's Top Ten Photographers by the magazine Photographers' Companion
2005 
The Prize of Contribution to Humanities granted by China Academy of Social Studies for his work “Revolution in Chinese Photography"
2006 
Named the Outstanding Photographer by China Photographers Association
2007 
Golden Statue Award for China Photography
2008 
The First Shaanxi Photography Awards

Published Works
1986 
Published "The Photographer's Eyes"
1987 
Edited "On the Art of Photography"
1988 
Edited the photograph album："Forty Years of China Photography"
Co-edited the catalogue of the exhibition in Tokyo: "The Way to Modernization: The Exciting 40 Years"
1990 
Published "Hu Wugong Monography"
1997 
Co-authored "The Square City"
2001
Published "Memory of Xi'an"
2002
"The Concealed Guanzhong"
2003 
Editor of the catalogue of the major exhibition "Humanism in China"
2004 
Co-authored "Collective Memory"
2005 
Published “Revolution in Chinese Photography"
2006 
Published "Yesterday - Humanism in Guanzhong”
Edited the German Version of the catalogue "Humanism in China"
2007 
Monograph "Chinese Photographer: Hu Wugong"
2008 
Edited the catalogue of the exhibition "Chinese Folk Games"
2010 
Co-edited the catalogue of the exhibition “Witness – 20 Documentary Photographers”
2011 
Conceived and collaborated with CCTV to produce a series of 20 documentaries on “China through Photography”
“Dragon in the Fields” catalogue of the exhibition in Shanghai