Wang Xunzhang has long been engaged in studying virology and entomology. He is an "advanced national worker" and has received the National Award of Natural Sciences and the Guangdong Provincial Award for Natural Sciences. Wang was awarded patents in Germany and the United States for his two-way electrolyte percentage speed-regulating device. He is the author of a paper titled "Research into Two-Way Electrolyte Percentage Control Valves." He was awarded the National Award for Scientific and Technological Progress from the State Education Commission for his findings in the new technology of controlling composition of electrolyte.
Wang Xunzhang is vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party (Public Interest Party), chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party, and the president of Zhongshan University.