[1] Wang Xuan graduated from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics at Peking University in 1958 and devoted himself to computer science education and research.

He was mainly involved in research into computer processing of words, graphics and images.

[1] Started in 2000, this highest degree prize of science and technology in China, has only been awarded to 9 scientists by 2006.

Asteroid 4913 Wangxuan, discovered at the Purple Mountain Observatory in 1965, was named in his memory.

[3] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 24 November 2007 (M.P.C.