His main research areas are land economy and policy, resource and environmental economy, with a particular focus on farmer decision-making behavior, homestead withdrawal policy, farmland market transfer and agricultural social services. He has presided over two provincial projects, and his research results have been published in SSCI 1 and 2 journals such as Economic Analysis and Policy, Land, Forests and Journal of Asian Economics, as well as Chinese CSSCI journals such as China Rural Economy, China Population, Resources and Environment and Resources Science.