[1] On April 27, 2015, Wang was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Chinese Communist Party's internal control body.
Wang obtained MBA from Dalian University of Technology in July 1996.
In August 2003, Wang obtained doctor of chemical engineering from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.
Wang is a (national) senior engineer equivalent to professor (Chinese: 教授级高级工程师).
[citation needed] On April 27, 2015, Wang Tianpu was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for "serious violations of laws and regulations".