Su Buqing was born in Pingyang, Zhejiang Province, in September 1902. He is a distinguished modern mathematician in China. When he was a little boy, he decided to be a successful person. After graduation from middle school, he went to Japan for further study. At first he entered Tokyo Industrial High School, and later Northeast Imperial University in Japan. He graduated from Tohoku Imperial University (today's Tohoku University) in 1927 and received PhD there in 1931.

During his study in Northeast Imperial University, he found 4 times algebra cone-shaped surface in study of general bent surface. It was a breakthrough in geometry research. Mathematical circles of Japan and the world named it as Su's cone-shaped surface. Being a doctor, Su Buqing turned down detainment from his teachers and friends and resolutely returned to China. He was invited to work at the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University, and began his teaching and education life. Though the living conditions for Prof. Su were not good, he worked hard and fostered many excellent scientists.

Besides his hard work in education, Prof. Su didn't give up his research and creative work. He wrote more than ten monographs such as Affine Differential Geometry. He won the National Scientific Conference Award and the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award for his achievements in "Ship Lifting Program" and "Curved-Surface Production Procedure of Ship's Lines" respectively.

In 1952, he shifted to Fudan University for teaching and was appointed as Dean of Studies. In 1983, he assumed the post of honorary president of Fudan University. Other than that, he was also vice-chairman for the seventh and eighth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), member of the Standing Committee of the fifth and sixth National People's Congress, vice-president of the Central Committee of China Democratic League. In 1955 he was elected committee member of Mathematics and Physics Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Standing Committee of Academy. He specialized in the study and founded a school of differential geometry.