"Tie Xi Qu", Wang's 9 hour epic documentary of industrial China, was considered a major success. "Tie Xi Qu" went on to win the Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film and was shown for the first time in Spain at the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival. Wang's film "Fengming, a Chinese Memoir", premiered at both Cannes and Toronto in 2007. "Crude Oil" premiered at the 2008 Rotterdam Film Festival. Since then, his films became a staple at every prestigious international film festival. 2017's "Mrs. Fang" was awarded the Golden Leopard at the 70th Locarno Festival.