Wang's 2009 film, Weaving Girl took him to familiar territory, exploring working class female experiences in modern-day China.

Wang's most recent film, Apart Together—his first without Yu Nan in the starring role—follows an old Kuomintang soldier who returns to China from Taiwan after fifty years to find his first love.

[2] In 2011, Wang Quan'an and Zhang Yuqi had a whirlwind romance, and they married on April 18 of that year.

[5] He also won the Best Screenplay award for Apart Together at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival with co-writer Jin Na.

[citation needed] In February 2017, Wang was a member of the jury for the 2017 Berlin Film Festival.