He was previously the Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Henan province.
After graduating, he was assigned to work as a cold mill technician at Wuhan Steel, a large state-owned enterprise.
Eventually he ascended to administrative roles, heading the cold roll sheet factory, then deputy general manager, then party chief of Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation.
[1] Chosen for further promotion, Wang was transferred to Beijing in October 2008 as the Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and a secretary of its secretariat.
[3][4] In January 2018, Wang was named Chairman of the Chongqing Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.