ResearchArea:Rural governance, urban community governance, non-profit organizations, public welfare and charity programs, new social strata, ethnic and religious issues, community-level Party organizations and community-level democracy.

Since its establishment, the Research Center for Grassroots Social Governance (think tank) has made a number of research achievements in the above research areas, among which several policy advisory reports on development planning of municipal and county governments have been adopted and translated into public policies for implementation.