Wang Yunkun, male, Han nationality, is a native of Liyang, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1942, joined the CPC in 1966, and graduated from Tianjin University.
Wang, a native of Jiangsu Province has spent almost his entire career in Jilin Province, first in the chemical sector, then in the Party hierarchy and finally in government. Wang spent the early part of his career at the Jilin Chemical Industry Corporation. By the late 1990's he was both governor of Jilin Province and secretary of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee.
Wang Yunkun is a member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees.