 He is China's first player ever to break into the top 10 of FIDE World Rankings and was the highest-ever rated Chinese player, with a peak rating of 2756, until August 2015, when this record was broken by Ding Liren.In October 2007, Wang became the first Chinese player and third Asian player to cross the 2700 Elo rating mark.In October 2008, he became the World No.