Wang Shilong was promoted to the senior team of Guangzhou Evergrande within the 2020 Chinese Super League season and would make his debut in a league game on 30 August 2020 against Shanghai Shenhua in a 4-1 victory.[1] The following season he was loaned out to the China U-20 team who were allowed to participate in the Chinese pyramid in the 2021 campaign. On his return to Guangzhou he would go on to establish himself as a regular within the club, however the majority shareholder would be in financial trouble and Guangzhou would start to lose several key players, the team was relegated from the Super League in 2022, ending their twelve-season stay in the top flight.[2] Wang would remain with the team and go on to establish himself as a regular within the club as he helped guide them to a twelfth placed finish.[3]