[4] In October 1979, Wang traveled to the United Kingdom as part of a delegation from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China to conduct research.

[5] In 1980, Wang, along with Du Yu, directed Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp, the first television series produced in mainland China.

[7] Wang rose to fame after directing Dream of the Red Chamber, a television adaptation of the 18th-century Qing dynasty novel by Cao Xueqin.

It stars Ouyang Fenqiang as Jia Baoyu, Chen Xiaoxu as Lin Daiyu, Zhang Li as Xue Baochai, and Deng Jie as Wang Xifeng.

In 1990, Wang was offered the role of director for Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a television adaptation of the 14th-century Ming dynasty novel by Luo Guanzhong.