 Following the resumption of the University Entrance Examination in 1977, Wang entered Taiyuan University of Technology in October 1978, majoring in coal mining engineering, where he graduated in August 1982.Wang became involved in politics in August 1982 and he joined the Communist Party of China in June 1986.In September 2001 he was promoted to become a member of the Hohhot Communist Party Standing Committee and Vice-Mayor of Hohhot, a position he held until March 2003.