[4] Wang attended college at Xiamen University and then spent fifteen years as a global advertising executive, before deciding to leave China with the goal of becoming a pilot.

[6] She departed westbound from Addison, Texas on August 17, 2016, and paused in California to have ferry tanks installed and obtain FAA approvals for the aircraft modifications.

[19] In April 2020, AOPA China changed their previous position, announced to withdraw such decision and will not deliver the cash award to Zheng Wang.

"[22] In March 2018, London-based Netflights honored Wang with a spot on its list of the "Top 10 Inspiring Women in Aviation of All Time.

In August 2016 another female Chinese pilot, Jingxian Chen, was reported to be part way through completing the journey, aiming to win the prize.

[31][32][33] In 2018, Wang filed a lawsuit in New York County Supreme Court against the Ninety-Nines, a female aviators' organization, saying that they had falsely represented to the public that Jingxian Chen was the first Asian woman to circumnavigate the globe solo, while having two male pilots on board, and finishing her flight ten days after Wang's was completed.