Long Rui was born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in 1946. He graduated from the Beijing Arts and Crafts School in 1966 and was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Chinese landscape painting graduate classes. After graduating from the work of the Chinese Artists Association, Chinese Painting Research Institute he transferred to a full-time painter. He was the Deputy Director of the Institute and an associate research fellow in 1985.

Long Rui is now a council member of the Chinese Artists Association and president of the Academy of Chinese Painting, an Artist of the First Grade, director of the academy Institute of Art, editor-in-chief of Art Review, one of the Middle-aged and Young Specialists of Outstanding Contributions to the State, and a member of the Judging Committee for National Senior Artist Professional Titles of the Ministry of Culture. He is also a recipient of the special government subsidy of the State Council and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People Political Consultative Committee.