He has served as the chairman of Taiwan Province Cross-Strait Children's Literature Research Association, the language consultant of Hong Kong Education Press, the reading promotion consultant of Chongqing Library and Guangzhou Library, the president of Children's Writers, and the editorial board of Kangxuan Textbook. He is the author of Mother's Heart and Mother's Tree, I have a friendship to rent, Happy Birthday to you and Yes! Fat stones, fireflies make wishes, etc. , and translated nearly 100 picture books such as Grandma Hua and Who's on My Head. He has won the Hong Children's Literature Award, the Children's Poetry Award, the Children's Literature Award of Mandarin Daily and the Best Children's Book Award of the United Daily News.
Because of the translation of MissRumphius, a picture book by American writer Barbara new york, and the unremitting efforts in reading promotion for many years, Fang Suzhen is affectionately called "Grandma Hua" by readers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.