Wang served as head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party between 1987 and 1992.
[1][2] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th and 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In April 1982, he became deputy chief editor of the Red Flag magazine and executive secretary of the State Council Economic Research Center.
He rose to become head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party in February 1987, a position he held until December 1992.
[3] In November 1992, he was chosen as party secretary and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a position at ministerial level.