He is the author of novels such as Adventure in the Mind and the Sixth Day of Life and Death, as well as academic works such as Leadership Psychology, Fundamentals of Education Management and Outline of Science Fiction Literature. His works have won many awards, such as the National Book Award, the "Five Ones" Project Award in Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the National Popular Science Award of China Association for Science and Technology, and the China Science Fiction Yinhe Award, and have been translated into many languages.

Presided over scientific research projects such as the National Social Science Fund, Beijing Education Science Planning, and key books of the State Publishing Administration; He has edited a series of books, such as Science Fiction Literature Theory and Discipline System Construction, Science Fiction New Concept Theory Series, Famous Foreign Science Fiction Theory Series and Science Fiction Series of World Famous Scientists.

He has given lectures or visited the United States, Belgium, Australia, Italy, Japan, Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province.

From 199 1, science fiction literature courses were started in China, and in 2003, Wang Quangen and others set up a master's degree in science fiction literature in China.