He presided over the completion of 2 national philosophical and social science funds, 2 philosophical and social science funds of the Ministry of Education 1, 2 liberal arts funds of Tsinghua University, major soft science projects of Tsinghua University 1, and a number of major horizontal projects; Participated in 1 national key planning project of philosophy and social sciences, 2 national social science fund projects and several horizontal cooperation projects.

At present, he is engaged in research topics: China's philosophy and ideology and culture in the 20th century, comparison between Chinese and Western philosophy, and Confucian communitarianism.