1968     Joined Xinjiang Construction Military Corps
1970     Joined People's Liberation Army
            Worked in an art troupe in the Kunming military district
1979     Transferred to an art troupe in the Railway Military Corp.
1986     Transferred to the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles
            Editor at "Folk Literature" magazine
1992     Director of the news department at "China Photo Press" 
            Vice chief editor at "Folk Literature"

Wang Duanyang wrote scripts for the films "Hong Xiang" and "Suo Ming Xiao Yao Lou" and the TV dramas "Jing Du Shen Tan", "Lin Jie Fang" and "Wei Qi Ren Sheng". He also produced TV documentaries "Xu Yong" and "Huang Wen."