She is independently responsible for the National Social Science Foundation for Youth Project on “The Impact of Social Capital on Psychological Wellbeing of Older Adults in Rural China.” From April 2014 to April 2015, she worked as a visiting scholar in Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) and Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall AG in Germany. Her research interest includes private renting system, public renting policy, and housing asset inequity. Her articles has been published in the Journal of Sociological, Journal of Social Development and others.