Recent research/consultancy:
- 2015 The Director of The Learning Cities Cooperation and Research Project, funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2013 The Director of Strategies for the Development of Non-formal Learning Outcomes in the Context of Lifelong Education, funded by Beijing Municipal Party Committee Organization Department(Project No. 2013D005026000001)
- 2012 Director of The Research on the Interactive Mechanism Between R&D and Teaching in the Perspective of Collaborative Innovation, funded by National Social Science Fund(Project No. CIA120149)
- Beijing Vocational Education Competence Development Program(2011-1015)
- 2014 The Vocational Education System Building Program, funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2013 Deputy Director of The Supporting Project for International Conference of Learning Cities,organized by Beijing Municipal government with UNESCO-UIL, funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 'China-Australia Pathways for Urban Transition: 3 Urban Transition Labs, Leadership Forum for Sustainable Urban Development’, with The University of South Australia (Australia)
- The Modern Vocational Education System. funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2012 Deputy Director of The Investigation of Learning Resources in the City Beijing Project funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2011 Director of Beijing Strategy of Improving the Attractiveness of Vocational Education, funded by Beijing Education Science Planning Office(Project No. CEA10132)
- 2011 Deputy Director of Beijing Vocational Education Qualification Levels Framework Pilot Study Project funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2010 Director of Improve the Attractiveness of Vocational Education Project funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2010 Deputy Director of The recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA ) in the City of Beijing Project funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2010 Beijing Learning City Construction and Promotion: Case Study Project funded by the Ministry of Education(Research Associate)
- 2010 Beijing Learning City Construction of Method Feature and Evaluation Project funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission(Research Associate)
- 2008 International and Comparative Research on Higher Education Quality Assurance System Project funded by Ministry of Education (Research Associate)
- 2008 International Comparison on Higher Education Training Project funded by Ministry of Education (Research Associate)
- 2008 Promoting Balanced Development of Basic Education in Beijing: International Perspective Project funded by Beijing Municipal Education Commission(Research Associate)
- 2007 China Rural English Teachers’ Professional Development Research Project funded by School of Education Beijing Normal University(Director)
- 2007 The University Innovation Evaluation Project funded by Ministry of Education (Research Associate)
- 2006 The Higher Education’s Mission in Learning Society Project funded by Ministry of Education (Research Associate)
- 2005 The Education Justice Between City and Rural Area Project funded by Science and Technology Bureau of Sichuan Province(Research Associate)
- 2005 Pre-migration Training Session for Yi Young People Project funded by Aide & Action France (Research Associate)
- 2004 The Function of School-based Curriculum Development in Rural Schools Project funded by Sichuan Social Science Society(Research Associate)
- 2004 China Rural Teachers’ Existent States Investigation Project funded by Sichuan Municipal Education Commission(Research Associate)
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
- Secretary, National Education Reform Leading Group Office, Chinese Ministry of Education(2010.12-2012.3)
- Deputy Director Assistant, Vocational and Adult Education Division, Beijing Municipal Education Commission(2007.10-2008.04)
- Board member of Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy Committee for Lifelong Education Research
- Research Associate, Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CRADALL), University of Glasgow
- Research Associate, PASCAL International Observatory
- Research Member, ASEM-LLL Hub (RN 2)
- Deputy editor of Journal of Beijing College of Finance and Commerce