Two years later, the mine was completely shut down and the site was transformed into a park in 2009.
Other photos include one showing pedicabs driven by former miner in Liaoning crossing trolley rails and one of children playing on rails overgrown with grass.
High-polluting, low-tech, inefficient factories in northeast China began to be phased out around 2005.
In 2016, the central government began a new effort to rejuvenate the area through industrial restructuring. It hopes to develop the region into a base for advanced equipment manufacturing and raw materials with international competitiveness.
During the past year or two, Wang's shots have depicted how the goal is being attained: new production lines for high-speed trains, cars and robots.
As "craftsman spirit" is encouraged, Wang concentrates on skilled workers, including Chen Xinhai with Shenyang Machine Tool, a model worker who maintains imported machines.
In addition to radical changes in the region, those things that remain unchanged impress Wang.
"After leaving the shaft, what miners did for leisure was smoking, showering and drinking. That has never changed in all these years," Wang said.
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