Professor Wang earned his bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology. He has held a number of senior academic positions, including vice president of Harbin Institute of Technology. In 1999 he was appointed as director of the Science and Technology Department of Heilongjiang Province, while from 2002 to 2014 he was president of the Harbin Institute of Technology, and a representative at the 10th, 11th and 12th National People's Congress. Professor Wang’s research has focussed on the fields of robot autonomous control theory, sensor technology, space robot technology, medical robot systems, medical equipment and instruments, biomedical image processing, and computer-aided medical technology.
