Wang spent most of his post-Cultural Revolution career in the State Council's Rule of Law Office.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1985, then he attended law school at Jilin University.

[1] In June 2012, Wang was named deputy director of the Working Committee for State Organs, and in November 2012, the chief of the Office of the Central Institutional Organization Commission, entering minister-level ranks for the first time.

In April 2013, Wang succeeded Zhou Benshun as the Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

[2] Wang is a full member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.