Wang was appointed Governor of Anhui on January 31, 2008; it took him a total of 13 years to ascend from a sub-provincial level office to provincial-level.
A reporter of a Lanzhou daily newspaper was arrested by Wuwei police on dubious charges related to fraud and prostitution, stirring protests online.
Instead of giving an answer, it was said that Wang was mum about the incident in front of reporters, causing some dead air which angered the press.
[5] In January 2017, former Lanzhou party chief Yu Haiyan was placed under investigation for corruption, sending shockwaves on the Gansu political scene.
[4] In March, Wang relinquished his post as Communist Party Secretary of Gansu, and was made vice chair of the National People's Congress Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee.