2008-2010, Principal Investigator, Citizenship and Social Democracy Development. Granted by Guang Dong Social Science Association.

2009-2011, Principal Investigator, Investigations of Citizenship Rights in Contemporary China. Granted by Ministry of Education, China.

2010-2013, Principal Investigator, Citizenship and the Protection of the Migrant Workers. Granted by Chinese National Social Science Foundation, China.

2011-2014, Principal Investigator, Citizenship and Contemporary Chinese Political Development. Granted by Ministry of Education, China.

2012-2014, Principal Investigator, The Making of Citizenship Rights: Perspective of Migrant Workers’ Struggle. Granted by Ministry of Education, China.

2013-2014, Principal Investigator (with Engin F. Isin), Citizenship in Orientalized Societies. Project of ‘Sino-UK Higher Education Research Partnership for PhD Studies’, Granted by Ministry of Education and British Consulate in Shanghai.

2016-2018, principal investigator, Studies on the Trends of Contemporary Chinese Social Thoughts. Granted by Chinese Ministry of Education.

2016-2019, principal investigator. The Theoretical Construction of Chinese Characteristic Governance. Granted by Chinese Minstry of Education.

2019, Principal investigatior, Main Trends of Social Thoughts and their Influence on China. Granted by the International Department of the Central Committee, CCP.