He is currently a deputy to the National People's Congress, a member of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, and a deputy chairman of the Shanghai Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party;
Member of the Geographical Group of the Sixth Discipline Appraisal Group of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, member of the Expert Appraisal Group of the Earth Science Department of the National Natural Science Award, member of the Fourth Discipline Appraisal Group of Shanghai Academic Degrees Committee, and convener of the Nuclear Science and Environmental Science and Technology Group;
Member of the Professional Committee of Chemical Geography and Environmental Geography of China Geographical Society, member of the Professional Committee of Hydrology, member of the Working Committee of Resource Education of China Natural Resources Society, member of the Professional Committee of Environmental Evolution and Process of Quaternary Society of China, and director of Shanghai Disaster Prevention Association;
Editors of PEDOSPHERE and Environmental Science and Technology;
Member of the School Affairs Committee of East China Normal University, director of the Institute of Comparative Precipitation, director of the 985 scientific and technological innovation platform of "Urbanization Process and Public Safety" and director of the Shanghai Urban Public Safety Research Center.
He used to be a member of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2002-2007), a member of the expert evaluation group of the Department of Earth Sciences of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2004-2008), a member of the Geographical Society of China (20/2005-20 10/0), vice president of the School of Resources and Environmental Sciences of East China Normal University (2004-2009) and vice chairman of the Central Committee for Democratic Progressive Party.