Wang Houde, male, Han nationality, is a native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1933, joined the CPC in 1951 and graduated from People‘s University of China.
After studying in Moscow, Wang returned to China in 1980 to serve as the secretary of the publicity department of the CPC Zhenjiang City Committee. He later transferred to Beijing to work as a supervisor in the Ministry of Commerce. In 1998 he became the director of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce. He also served in a leadership role within the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
Wang was deputy secretary general of the 6th and 7th NPC, a member of the standing committee of the 7th NPC and a standing committee of the 8th and 9th CPPCC National Committees.