He was awarded as an outstanding expert by the Ministry of Commerce of People's Republic of China (PRC) (92. 103), enjoying the special government allowance of the State Council (93.32 1007 1), an expert with outstanding contributions to China's food culture, a senior member of chinese institute of food science and technology, and an "advanced figure with three religions and nine streams" in Zhejiang universities. Research field and main academic achievements: Mainly engaged in the teaching and research of China's cultural history, focusing on China's food history and food culture. The research work has been nearly 30 years. Proficient in: China food culture, China food history, China food culture classics, China food folklore, folklore, tourism culture, etc.

Zhao Rongguang receives many academic visiting scholars from home and abroad every year. Over the past 20 years, dozens of newspapers, TV stations and other media at home and abroad have reported his academic achievements and activities, and China CCTV has interviewed him for more than ten times. Japanese NHK and South Korean MBC made a special trip to China to interview and broadcast him.