A graduate of Tsinghua University, Wang rose through the ranks working for the Ministry of Science and Technology.

[citation needed] In August 1994, Wang entered the ecology division of the National Science Commission.

[1][2] In September 2014, Wang was 'parachuted' to his home province Shanxi to handle the clean-up of the political scene after many senior level politicians had been placed under investigation as part of the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping.

[3] In October 2016, Wang was named Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Taiyuan, the provincial capital.

[4] In April 2017, Wang was named a member of the Guangdong provincial standing committee and party chief of Shenzhen.