He is also Director and doctorial supervisor at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). He enjoys the Chinese State Council Special Allowance since 1998 and is currently Vice President of the International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD).
Wang is a holder of British Academy K. C. Wong Fellowship and his major academic interest is in Aesthetics and Transcultural Studies. 2004 — his Towards a Transcultural Aesthetics won the Beijing Book Prize 2008 — titled Outstanding Contribution to the Philosophy and Dialogue of Peace at the World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul 2010 — Jacobson Award for Outstanding Contribution to the International Philosophical Dialogue 2010 — his Diversity and Universality in Aesthetics was elected the annual Yearbook of the International Association for Aesthetics.
He has been honorary member of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture under the University of Athens since 2007.
