Career
While internationally he represented China in the 1984 Asian Cup and the 1994 Asian Games where he aided the team to a runners-up spot. Wang Dongning started his football career with the youth team before graduating into their senior team in 1982 where he helped guide the club to a runners-up spot at the end of the league season. He was soon called up to the Chinese national team and was part of the squad that took part in the 1984 Asian Cup where china were beaten in the final to Saudi Arabia.
Foreign the next several years he was a loyal player to Shandong, however he was part of the team that saw successive relegation hit the team in 1989 and the 1990 league seasons.
His stay in Hong Kong was brief and Wang moved back to his old club Shandong in 1994 after they had renamed themselves Shangdong Taishan and had returned to the top tier to become a fully professional team With his return he was also able to gain his way back into the national team and was part of the team that went to the Football at the 1994 Asian Games and helped guide China to a runners-up spot to Uzbekistan.