Wang was born in
Dingyuan County,
Anhui in October 1957. In January 1976, during the late
Down to the Countryside Movement, he was a
sent-down youth in Changshan Commune of
Chuzhou. In October 1978 he was accepted to
Xidian University and graduated in July 1982. After graduation, he assigned to the
Ministry of Electronics Industry as an engineer. He spent 14 years working there before serving as general manager of
China National Software. He joined the
Chinese Communist Party in December 1986. In February 1999 he was promoted to become the vice-president of
CAEIT, a position he held until January 2002. In January 2002 he became the deputy general manager of
China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, rising to general manager in September 2003. In April 2011, he was appointed
vice-minister of Science and Technology, he remained in that position until March 2018, when he was elevated to the Minister position. He was a member of the 19th CPC Central Committee and the 18th CPC Central Committee. He was also a member of the
19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. On 7 October 2023, he was succeeded by
Yin Hejun as the Communist Party secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology. On 24 October, he was succeeded by Yin as the minister of Science and Technology. == References ==