[1] Born in Xindu County (modern-day Xindu District, Chengdu), Sichuan, Wang Mingzhang entered the Sichuan Army Elementary School in 1911 and the Army Middle School in Nanjing in 1912.

After the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, as part 41st Corps/22nd Army Group, the 122nd Division left Sichuan in 1937 attack the Japanese forces.

[citation needed] Wang Mingzhang commanded the 122nd Division in 1938 during the Xuzhou Campaign.

His Division and 364th Brigade held out in the Teng County (today Tengzhou) against the Japanese in four days of heavy street fighting.

In 1984, the Sichuan Provincial government confirmed him as a revolutionary martyr of the People's Republic of China.