He began his career in rural work in Jiangxi province, then worked as a party functionary in the General Office of the Jiangxi party committee, the Jiangxi social and education commission, the provincial policy research office, and the director of the Guizhou party general office.
He became a member of the Guizhou party standing committee in December 2000 while Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Guiyang, then in May 2007 became executive deputy governor of Guizhou.
In April 2016 he was named Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Hubei.
After serving for over 16 years in a deputy provincial-ministerial position, Wang was elevated to acting governor of Hubei in September 2016.
[1] As the deputy secretary and governor of Hubei Province, Wang has been involved in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic.