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After going solo, William Chan began making films. The first was "竊聽風雲", directed by 麥兆輝 and 莊文強. In 2009 William Chan starred with G.E.M. and 詩雅 in the Hong Kong campus comedy "愛出貓". In 2010 "前度", in which William Chan starred with 鍾欣桐, and "得閒炒飯", directed by 許鞍華, opened one after the other. Later William Chan also starred in films including "紮職" and "出軌的女人". Of these, "紮職" is a 2012 work.

In 2013 William Chan moved the centre of the work to mainland China, and at the end of February began shooting the costume martial-arts series "少年四大名捕". In July William Chan formally put the mainland China television contracts under 阿诺工作室, and at the same time began shooting "古劍奇譚". In "古劍奇譚" William Chan played the senior brother 陵越, won most popular all-round artist of the year at 国剧盛典 and most anticipated actor of the 2014 television-drama media, and in May 2015 was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor at the Shanghai Television Festival Magnolia Awards for this series. William Chan also won Best Supporting Actor at the Macau International Movie Festival for the role of 張文健 in the disaster film "救火英雄", and, for "男人唔可以窮", won "英国万像国际华语电影节最佳青年男演员" at the "第六届欧洲万像国际华语电影节". In 2015 William Chan released a first EP, "Waiting", which was also the first Mandarin album, and the same year appeared in the series "蜀山战纪之剑侠传奇".

In 2016 William Chan played 张启山 in "老九門", and the same year became NFL China ambassador. On August 27 the first solo tour, "Inside Me", opened in Beijing, then went to Shanghai, Nanjing, Chongqing and Guangzhou, and closed at the Guangzhou International Sports Arena. On April 24, 2017, William Chan went to Madame Tussauds Shanghai to unveil a wax figure, modelled on 张启山 from "老九門". In 2018 another wax figure, in concert costume, was installed at Madame Tussauds Beijing.

In 2017 William Chan starred in the historical fantasy series "Lost Love in Times". In 2018 William Chan led the war epic "Genghis Khan", starred in the contemporary romance "Only Side by Side with You" and the crime action series "Age of Legends", and had a supporting role in the war film "Air Strike". On March 17 the same year iQiyi aired the mainland street-dance reality show "熱血街舞團", and William Chan was the celebrity convener on the show. That year William Chan also launched the personal brand "Williamism" (威廉主义), and in 2020 launched another personal clothing brand, "CANOTWAIT_". In February 2020 William Chan announced that a concert set for March in Guangzhou was postponed because of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic in mainland China. In 2021 William Chan played a principal villain in the fantasy film "The Yinyang Master", and starred in the cybersecurity action series "The Dance of the Storm" and the historical fantasy series "Novoland: Pearl Eclipse".

William Chan also took part in singing "一起向未来", a promotional song for the 2022 Winter Olympics, and "我们会更好", the theme of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty.

In November 2024 "太陽星辰", the first Hong Kong television series William Chan appeared in, aired at the same time on Tencent and Netflix. In September 2025 William Chan played the male lead in the series "許我耀眼", opposite 赵露思, and it went online at the same time on Netflix, WeTV and LINE TV. The same year William Chan was shortlisted for best actor at the 30th Asian Television Awards for "太陽星辰". In July 2026 William Chan again played the male lead 张启山 in the series "九门", and the same year won most influential all-round singer of the year at the 7th Tencent Music Entertainment Awards.