1March, 1999, Zhao Shihua was published. 10, Xu Honggang's poetry collection Ode to Life was published in Beijing. In 2003, Xu Honggang's essays were published. Xu Honggang published more than 600 articles (the first article) in newspapers and magazines inside and outside the military. Xu Honggang's article won the national first, second and third prizes, among which "If Lei Feng is still alive" was included as an example in the Chinese textbook of secondary school. In 2007, Xu Honggang joined the Chinese Writers Association. 10 For many years, Xu Honggang kept practicing calligraphy after work, and Zhang Wannian and the former vice president spoke highly of his calligraphy works.
Today, Xu Honggang has been hired as honorary dean by many domestic painting and calligraphy institutes, and his calligraphy works have participated in the painting and calligraphy exhibitions of the whole army for many times, and have been collected by the Great Hall of the People and the Museum of Military Revolution. At the end of 1993, Xu Honggang made a report for his comrades in the army for the first time. So far, he has made more than 5 10 voluntary reports, with an audience of more than10 million.