[1] Wang was born in Tang County, Hebei, on 29 June 1932.

[2] His uncle Wang Heshou [zh] was a Communist politician.

[2] Wang began his academic career at Harbin Institute of Technology in 1957.

On 25 December 2022, Wang died in Harbin, Heilongjiang, at the age of 90.

[3] His sister Wang Kun was a Chinese opera singer in revolutionary repertoire.