Originally from Chongqing, Wang attended . In 1925 she became a member of the executive committee of the Chongqing branch of the Socialist Youth League and head of women's affairs. She later went to Shanghai, where she graduated from the Department of Sociology at Shanghai University. She then studied at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University. During her time in Russia, she was a delegate to the 6th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Returning to China, she became secretary of the Zhabei District committee of the Communist Youth League of China in 1928. In 1931 she became secretary-general of the Jiangsu province committee of the Communist Youth League.