Previously he served as the party chief of Changchun, the capital of northeast China's Jilin province.

After taking his college entrance examination in 1979, he was admitted to Shanxi University, where he majored in political economics.

In July 1991, he was appointed an official of the Case Room of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Party's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts.

In September 2006, he was appointed deputy Party chief, concurrently holding the position of mayor since February 2008.

[4] In October 2022, Wang was elected as a full member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.