Wang joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1984. He served in various posts in Zaozhuang municipal government before serving as CCP committee secretary of Tengzhou, a county-level city of Zaozhuang, in December 2006. In March 2007 he became a standing committee member of the CCP Zaozhuang Municipal Committee. In December 2011, he was Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Liaocheng, he concurrently served mayor of the city in March 2013. During his tenure, he focused on urban demolition and reconstruction, which won him national reputation.[3] In July 2015, he was transferred to Jinan, capital of Shandong province, where he was appointed Director and Party Branch Secretary of Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission. One year later, he was named Deputy Communist Party Secretary, Party Branch Secretary and Acting Mayor of Jinan, replacing Yang Luyu, who was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations" in early April.[4][5] In May 2018, he was promoted to become Communist Party Secretary of Jinan and standing committee member of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee.
Career in Hubei
On 12 February 2020, he was appointed Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan,[6] succeeding Ma Guoqiang, who was removed from public offices for his response to the coronavirus pandemic.[7]
