Professor Xijun Hu is a member of the China Ecological Society, the standing director of the China Flower Gardening and Landscape Industry Association, an expert in the bid evaluation expert database of the South to North Water Transfer Project under the State Council, and an expert in the expert database of China International Engineering Consulting Corporation. Professor Xijun Hu is a member of the Natural and Cultural Heritage Expert Committee of Hunan Province, a member of the Hunan Provincial Landscape Experts Committee, vice president of the Hunan Natural Resources Society, executive director of the Hunan Geographical Society, and an editorial board member of Economic Geography.