Mr. Wan started working in January 1969, after which he worked successively as Deputy Secretary-general of the CPC Committee of Shunyi County, Beijing Municipality, Assistant Governor of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and concurrently Deputy Director General of Ningxia Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission, Deputy Director General of the Commission of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Beijing Municipal Government. He served as Vice Minister of the Office for Special Economic Zones of the State Council in December 1995, Vice Minister of the Office for Restructuring the Economic Systems of the State Council in March 1998, Vice Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and china Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) in February 2000 respectively. In May 2003, he was appointed as Chairman of CCPIT and CCOIC and has been as such since then.

     Mr. Wan is concurrently Chairman of ICC China, Chairman of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Chairman of China International Maritime Arbitration Commission, Member and Deputy Director of Organizing Committee of World Expo 2010 Shanghai, Chairman of China Member Committee of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC), Chairman of China-ASEAN Business Council, Chairman of the China-Arab Joint Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman of China-Arab Friendship Association, Chinese Chairman of the Industrial Cooperation Sub-Committee of the China-Russia Peace (Friendship and Development committee), Chinese Chairman of US-China Business Dialogue, Chairman of Economic and Trade Coordination Committee for the Two Sides of States, Executive Director of the China Overseas Exchange Association, Chairman of the China Association of Foreign Service Trades, Honorary Chairman of the China Academy of Arbitration Law, Honorary Chairman of the Beijing Society of International Economy and Trade. He is the Guest Professor of Nankai University. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee for World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Executive Chairman of the Executive Committee for World Expo 2010 Shanghai China.