Qincheng Prison
In January 1968 Wang was sent to Qincheng Prison. He was never prosecuted for any crimes, and was released in 1982. In 1983, he was expelled from the Communist Party of China, despite not having played any political role following his release. Neither the Mao-era or post-Mao Communist Party specified the nature of Wang Li's crimes, making his case one of the more perplexing episodes of Communist Party historiography.