• Rural/Economic Geography
• Land Use Transition
• Gentrification
• Urban Regeneration
• Regional Development
• China

• 2010, B.S. in Geography Science, Department of Geography, Shandong Normal University (SDNU), Jinan, China

• 2013, M.S. in Human Geography, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China

• 2016, Ph.D. in Human Geography, Nanjing Institute of   Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS), Nanjing, China

• 2026-Present, Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China
• 2020-2021, Visiting Scholar, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
• 2019-2025, Associate Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
• 2016-2022, Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
• 2016-2018, Assistant Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
• 2011-2016, Research Assistant, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China

Book (Total 4)

• Liu, Y., and J.   Gao. 2026^id. Rural Revitalization and   Urban-rural Integration in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press (上海交通大学出版社), Shanghai, China.
• Chen, W., J. Gao, and Y. Li. 2025. Governance of Cross-regional Cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta: Types, Obstacles and Paths. The Commercial Press (商务印书馆), Beijing, China.
• Gao, J. and C. 2024. Chen. Rural Transformation Development and Construction Land Allocation. Sciences Press (科学出版社), Beijing, China.
• Gao, J. 2018. Transition and Restructuring: Redevelopment of industrial land in urban Nanjing. Sciences Press(科学出版社), Beijing, China.

Journal Special Issues (Total 2)

• Wang, Y., D. Lopez-Carr, J. Gong, and J. Gao (eds.) Sustainable Cultivated Land  Use and Management. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10, 2022: 887570, 890580, 893217, 897792, 900801, 904779,  921345, 931735, 933124, 944422, 964403, 972786, 981721, 983289, 993920, 1008036, 1017599; 11, 2023: 1162769.
• Gao, J., Y. Li, G. Chi, and D. Marcouiller (eds.) Rural Restructuring and Pathways towards   Revitalization in Transitional China and Beyond. Growth and Change 53(3): 1012-1482.​

• Gao, J. and Chen, J. 2020. Demystifying the Inequality in Urbanization in China Through the Lens of Land Use. In: Ye, X. and Lin, H. (eds.) Spatial Synthesis: Computational Social Science and Humanities. Springer.
• Chen, W., Gao, J., Wang, J., and Yan, D. 2018. Regional Integration Regionalism, and Spatial Patterns. In: Chen, W., Sun, W. and Yuan, F. (eds.) Regional Integration in the Yangtze River Delta: Cooperation, Game, and Space. The Commercial Press(商务印书馆), Beijing, China.
• Wu, W., Gao, J., Ji, F., Liu, K., and Wang, J. 2018. Political Implications of Regional Cooperation. In: Chen, W., Sun, W. and Yuan, F. (eds.) Regional Integration in the Yangtze River Delta: Cooperation, Game, and Space. The Commercial Press(商务印书馆), Beijing, China.
• Sun, W., Zhao, H., Wang, L., and Gao, J. 2018. Spatial Patterns of Resource and Environment within the Integration of the Yangtze River Delta. In: Chen, W., Sun, W. and Yuan, F. (eds.) Regional Integration in the Yangtze River Delta: Cooperation, Game, and Space. The Commercial Press(商务印书馆), Beijing, China.
• Gao, J., Wei, Y.H.D., Chen, W., and Yenneti, K. 2017. Urban land expansion and restructuring in the Yangtze River Delta, China. In: Wei, Y.H.D. (ed.) Urban Land and Sustainable Development. MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

(* denotes the corresponding author, # means equal contribution; student advisees are underlined)

• Gao, J., Zhu, X., Chen, C.*, Chen, J. 2026. Toward a new generation of land-use transitions: Unraveling the functional transition of rural homesteads in socialist China. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 116(3), 582-602. (SSCI, IF2024=2.9)
• Bai, Y., Zhu, X., Gao J.* 2026. Constructing the spatiality of imagined rurality in peri-urban China: Evidence from Shecun Village in Nanjing. Journal of Rural Studies 124: 104124. (SSCI, IF2023=5.1)
• Gao, J., An, F. 2025. Making sense of grassroots leadership in rural social innovation: Perspectives from a marginal village in northern Jiangsu, China. Geoforum 167, 104468. (SSCI, IF2024=3.1)
• Zhu, J., Lv, L., Gao, J.* 2025. Unraveling the impact of development zones on industrial land use efficiency: Empirical analysis in Kunshan, China. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 151(2), 04025004. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₃=1.7)
• Tang, P., Tan, L., Gao, J.*, Li, M., Zhang, S. 2025. Social networks matter for villagers’ withdrawal from rural homesteads: An empirical analysis of Sichuan in western China. Habitat International 156, 103305. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₃=6.5)
• Chen, P., Gao, J., Zhang, M.*, Wu, D. 2025. New-type professional farmers: How to make use of different types of social capital to engage in agriculture specialization. Journal of Rural Studies 114, 103545. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₃=5.1)
• Zhu, X., Gao, J.* 2024. Characteristics and influencing mechanisms of territorial spatial dynamics in Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA), Chongqing. Regional Sustainability 5(2), 100139. (ESCI, IF₂₀₂₃=4.3)
• Chen, C., Gao, J.*, Cao, H., Chen, W. 2024. Unpacking the agricultural innovation and diffusion for modernizing the smallholders in rural China: From the perspective of agricultural innovation system and its governance. Journal of Rural Studies 110, 103385. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₃=5.1)
• Gao, J., Cai, Y., Wen, Q.*, Liu, Y.*, Chen, J.* 2023. Future matters: Unpacking villagers’ willingness to withdraw from rural homesteads in China. Applied Geography 158, 103049. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₂=4.9)
• Gao, J., Yang, J., Chen, C.*, Chen, W. 2023. From ‘forsaken site’ to ‘model village’: Unrevealing the multi-scalar process of rural revitalization in China. Habitat International 133, 102766. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₂=6.8)
• Gao, J. 2023. Spatial restructuring and the logic of industrial land redevelopment in urban China: IV. The redevelopment involving third parties. Regional Sustainability 4(1), 44-53. (ESCI, IF₂₀₂₃=4.3)
• Chen, C., Gao, J., Cao, H., Chen, J.*, Chen, F. 2023. From de-collectivization to re-collectivization, the new transformation case study in agriculture sector in metropolitan area of China—from the perspective of governmentality. Chinese Geographical Science 33(3), 531-548. (SCI, IF₂₀₂₂=3.4)
• Wang, Y., Lopez-Carr, D., Gong, J., Gao, J. 2023. Sustainable cultivated land use and management. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11, 1162769. (SCI, IF₂₀₂₂=4.6)
• Gao, J., Hu, X.*, Li, Y.*, Zhuo, R., Chen, C. 2022. Entrepreneurial agents, asset modification and new path development in rural China: The study of Gengche model, Jiangsu Province. Journal of Rural Studies 95, 482-494. (SSCI, IF2021=5.157)
• Gao, J., Liu, Y.*, Chen, J., Cai, Y. 2022. Demystifying the geography of income inequality in rural China: A transitional framework. Journal of Rural Studies 93, 398-407. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₁=5.157, ESI top 1%)
• Gao, J., Cai, Y., Liu, Y.*, Wen, Q.*, Marcouiller, D., and Chen, J. 2022. Understanding the underutilization of rural housing land in China: A multi-level modeling approach. Journal of Rural Studies 89, 73-81. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₀=4.849)
• Chen, C., Gao, J.*, and Chen, J. 2022. Analysis of the behavioral logics of local actors enrolled in the restructuring of rural China: A case study of Haoqiao Village in Northern Jiangsu. Journal of Rural Studies 93, 223-233. (SSCI, IF2021=5.157, ESI top 1%)
• Cai, Y., and Gao, J.* 2022. Unearthing the value of wet markets from urban housing prices: Evidence from Beijing, China. Habitat International 122, 102532. (SSCI, IF₂₀₂₀=5.369)
• Cai, Y., Zhu, Y., Yuan, F.*, Gao, J., Helbich, M. 2021. Urban housing prices and regional integration: A spatial analysis in the city of Kaifeng, China. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 14, 355–378. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₉=1.778)
• Gao, J., Jiang, W., Chen, J., and Liu, Y. 2020. Housing-industry symbiosis in rural China: A multi-scalar analysis through the lens of land use. Applied Geography 124, 102281. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₉=3.508)
• Gao, J., Wu, Z., Chen, J., and Chen, W. 2020. Beyond the bid-rent: Two tales of land use transition in contemporary China. Growth and Change 51(3), 1336-1356. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₉=1.235)
• Gao, J., Liu, Y., and Chen, J. 2020. China’s initiatives towards rural land system reform. Land Use Policy 94, 104567. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₉=3.682)
• Gao, J. and Chen, W. 2020. Spatial restructuring and the logic of industrial land redevelopment in urban China: III. A case study of the redevelopment of a central state-owned enterprise in Nanjing. Cities 96, 102460. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₉=4.802)
• Li, P., Gao, J.*, and Chen, J. 2020. Quantitative assessment of ecological stress of construction lands by quantity and location: Case study in Southern Jiangsu, Eastern China. Environment, Development and Sustainability 22, 1559-1578. (SCI, IF₂₀₁₉=2.191)
• Tang, P., Chen, J., Gao, J.*, Li, M., and Wang, J. 2020. What role(s) do village committees play in the withdrawal from rural homesteads? Evidence from Sichuan Province in western China. Land 9, 477. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₉=2.429)
• Cai, Y., Zhu, Y., Yuan, F., Gao, J., Helbich, M. 2020. Urban housing prices and regional integration: A spatial analysis in the city of Kaifeng, China. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy doi:10.1007/s12061-020-09367-y. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₉=1.778)
• Gao, J., Liu, Y., Chen, J., and Cai, Y. 2019. Demystifying the geography of income inequality in rural China: A transitional framework. Journal of Rural Studies doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.010. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₈=3.301)
• Tang, P., Shi, X., Gao, J.*, Feng, S., and Qu, F. 2019. Demystifying the key for intoxicating land finance in China: An empirical study through the lens of government expenditure. Land Use Policy 85, 302-309. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₈=3.573)
• Cao, H., Liu, J., Chen, J., Gao, J.*, Wang, G., and Zhang, W. 2019. Spatiotemporal patterns of urban land use change in typical cities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Remote Sensing 11(7), 801. (SCI, IF₂₀₁₈=4.118)
• Yuan, F. Wei, Y.D., Gao, J., and Chen, W. 2019. Water crisis, environmental regulations and location dynamics of pollution-intensive industries in China: A study of the Taihu Lake Watershed. Journal of Cleaner Production 216, 311-322. (SCI, IF₂₀₁₈=6.395)
• Liang, S., Cao, Y., Wu, W., Gao, J., Liu, W., and Zhang, W. 2019. International freight forwarding services network in the Yangtze River Delta, 2005-2015: Patterns and mechanisms. Chinese Geographical Science 29(1), 112-126. (SCI, IF₂₀₁₈=1.464)
• Chen, C., Woods, M., Chen, J., Liu, Y., and Gao, J. 2019. Globalization, state intervention, local action and rural locality reconstitution: A case study from rural China. Habitat International 93, 102052. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₈=3.846)
• Chen, W., Yenneti, K., Wei, Y.H.D., Yuan, Y., Wu, J., Gao, J. 2019. Polycentricity in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRDUA): More cohesion or more disparities? Sustainability 11(11), 3106. (SCI/SSCI, IF₂₀₁₈=2.592)
• Gao, J., Chen, W., and Liu, Y. 2018. Spatial restructuring and the logic of industrial land redevelopment in urban China: II. A case study of the redevelopment of a local state-owned enterprise in Nanjing. Land Use Policy 72, 372-380. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₇=3.194)
• Gao, J., Chen, W. and Yuan, F. 2017. Spatial restructuring and the logic of industrial land redevelopment in urban China: I. Theoretical considerations. Land Use Policy 68, 604-613. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₇=3.194)
• Gao, J., and Yuan, F. 2017. Economic transition, firm dynamics, and restructuring of manufacturing spaces in urban China: Empirical evidence from Nanjing. The Professional Geographer 69(3), 505-519. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₇=1.347)
• Chen, C., Gao, J.*, and Chen J. 2017. Institutional changes, land use dynamics, and the transition of rural settlements in suburban China: A case study of Huishan District in Wuxi City. Habitat International 70, 24-33. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₇=3.000)
• Yuan, F., Gao, J., Wang, L., and Cai, Y. 2017. Co-location of manufacturing and producer services in Nanjing, China. Cities 63, 81-91. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₇=2.704)
• Chen, J., Gao, J.*^#, and Chen, W. 2016. Urban land expansion and the transitional mechanisms in Nanjing, China. Habitat International 53, 274-283. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₆=2.285)
• Chen, J., Gao, J.*^#, and Yuan, F. 2016. Growth type and functional trajectories: An empirical study of urban expansion in Nanjing, China. PloS One 11(2), e0148389. (SCI, IF₂₀₁₆=2.806)
• Yuan, F., Gao, J.*^#,  and Wu, J. 2016. Nanjing-an ancient city rising in transitional China. Cities 50, 82-92. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₆=2.449)
• Chen, J., Gao, J., Yuan, F., and Wei, Y.H.D. 2016. Spatial determinants of urban land expansion in globalizing Nanjing, China. Sustainability 8(9), 868. (SCI/SSCI, IF₂₀₁₆=1.789)
• Gao, J., Wei, Y.H.D., Chen, W., and Yenneti, K. 2015. Urban land expansion and restructuring in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Sustainability 7(8), 10281-10307. (SCI/SSCI, IF₂₀₁₅=1.343)
• Gao, J., Wei, Y.H.D., Chen, W., and Chen, J. 2014. Economic transition and urban land expansion in Provincial China. Habitat International 44, 461-473. (SSCI, IF₂₀₁₄=1.746)

(* denotes the corresponding author)

• Yang, Y., An, F., Gao, J.*, Chen, C. 2025. Multi-agent participation and interaction mechanisms in rural development transformation: A case study of Gengche Town in Suqian. Progress in Geography 44(10), 2086-2096.
• ​Ma, J., Zhu, X., Gao, J.*, Chen, C., Liu, W., Cao, H., Chen, J. 2025. Dynamic patterns and influencing factors of cotton production in Xinjiang from 1990 to 2020. Research of Agricultural Modernization 46(5), 864-876.
• Chen, W., Chen, C., Gao, J.* 2025. Towards rural neo-endogenous development driven by knowledge. Acta Geographica Sinica 80(2), 259-271.
• Tang, Y., Gao, J., Wu, J., Chen, W.* 2025. Distribution of high-tech enterprises and its association with urban hierarchy in China. Progress in Geography 44(2), 271-281.
• An, F., Gao, J.*, Zhu, X., Zhang, X. 2024. Rural neo-endogenous development: A literature review from the perspective of structural duality. Progress in Geography 43(9), 1865-1877.
• Zhu, X., Gao, J.*, An, F. 2024. Rural multifunctionality: A comprehensive literature review. Progress in Geography 43(6), 1233-1246.
• Yang, Y., Gao, J.* 2024. Local entrepreneurialism in China: Multiple roles and practical strategies. Tropical Geography 44(4), 608-620.
• Li, Y., Chen, C., Cao, H., Gao, J., Chen, J.* 2023. Analysis on the pattern and determinants of rural ecological products commodification in the Yangtze River Delta. Journal of Natural Resources 38(12), 2986-3002.
• An, F., Gao, J., Wen, Q.* 2023. Spatial-temporal heterogeneity of rural construction land and population patterns in Ningxia. Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment 39(8), 973-980.
• Chen, C., Gao, J., Cao, H. 2023. A literature review of spatial distribution and function of rural settlements and its research prospects: From urbanization to urban-rural integration in China. Geographical Research 42(6), 1480-1491.
• Gao, J., Liu, Y., and Chen, J. 2021. Transition of rural housing land in southern Jiangsu, China: Evidences from the utilization status   perspective. Journal of Natural Resources 36(11), 2878-2891.
• Fang, H., Chen, J.^*, Yuan, F., and Gao, J. 2021. The econometric analysis of the effect of city housing prices on fertility rates: A study from cities of the Yangtze River Delta in China. Geographical Research 40(9), 2426-2441.
• Gao, J. 2020. Transition and restructuring: A review of studies on urban industrial space in China. Journal of Land Economics (2), 106-122.
• Jiang, W., Gao, J., Chen, J., and Zhang, Y. 2020. Multi-scalar analysis on rural housing-industry symbiotic through the lens of land use: a case study of Xuzhou. Journal of Natural Resources 35(8), 2002-2013.
• Feng, T. Ge, D., Qiao, W., Gao,   J., and Jia, K. 2019. The evolution characteristics of rural industrial land in Southern Jiangsu since the new millennium: A case of Jiangyin City. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 28(12), 2838-2847.
• Druzhinin, A., Dong, Y., Zhang, L., and Gao, J.* 2019. The development of socio-economic geography in Russia during the past three decades. Progress in Geography 38(6), 941-950.
• Zhang, Y., Chen, J., Gao, J., and Jiang, W. 2019. The impact mechanism of urban land use efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta from the perspective of economic transition. Journal of Natural Resources 34(6), 1157-1170.
• Qiao, W., Ge, D., Gao, J., Lu, C, and Huang, L. 2019. Detecting the pathways towards rural vitalization from the perspective of territorial functions: The case of Jiangsu Province. Geographical Research 38(3), 522-534.
• Gao, J., Bao, J., Liu, Y., and Chen, J. 2018. Regional disparity and the influencing factors of land urbanization in county China, 2000-2015. Acta Geographica Sinica 73(12), 2329-2344.
• Tian, X., Gao, J., Chen, W., and Chen, J. 2018. Research on the evolution of rural land in developed areas within the context of population shrinkage: Evidence from Changshu, Jiangsu. Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 35(5), 675-683.
• Yan, D., Yang, J., and Gao, J.* 2018. The research of inequality patterns about population and economic and influencing factors in the Yangtze River Delta. Scientia Geographica Sinica 38(3), 376-84.
• Chen, W., Wang, J., and Gao, J.* 2017. Tourism cooperation among governments in the metropolitan region and the integration mechanisms: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta, China. Tropical Geography 37(6), 784-791.
• Chen, W., Gao, J., and Wu, J. 2017. Focusing on enriching the people: Let the long-term backward regions and groups get rich. Weishi (9), 52-55.
• Gao, J., Yuan, F., and Chen, W. 2017. Economic transition and restructuring of manufacturing spaces in urban China: The evidence from Nanjing. Geographical Research 36(6), 1014-1028.
• Gao, J. and Chen, W. 2017. Dynamic evolution and its driving mechanism of urban land use restructuring within the transition context: case study of 51 sample cities in the Yangtze River Delta. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 26(4), 540-551.
• Tian, L. Chen, J., and Gao, J. 2017. Compact urban form and socio-economic coordination research in Nanjing. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 26(1), 26-34.
• Chen, J., Li, P., and Gao, J. 2016. Spatial patterns of Carbon erosion in the Pan-Yangtze River Delta Region, 2000-2014. Progress in Geography 35(12), 1472-1482.
• Li, P., Chen, W. and Gao, J. 2015. Index system design and evaluation of ecological civilization construction in Jiangsu Province. Chinese Journal of Ecology 34(1), 295-302.
• Gao, J., Chen, J., Yuan, F., and Wei, Y.H.D. 2014. Patterns, functions and underlying mechanisms of urban land expansion in the Nanjing City. Geographical Research 33(10), 1892-1907.
• Chen, J., Xu, M., Su, X., and Gao, J.* 2014. Study on spatial transfer of regional ecosystem service in Nanjing. Acta Ecologica Sinica 34 (17), 5087-5095.
• Chen, J., Gao, J., Xu, M., and Chen, W. 2014. Study on construction land expansion characteristics and driving forces on metropolitan area: a case study of Nanjing. Geographical Research 33(3), 427-438.
• Gao, J., Chen, J., and Su, X. 2014. The influencing factors of urban land prices in Nanjing Proper. Progress in Geography 33(2), 211-221.
• Chen, J., Gao, J., Wei, Y.H.D., and Liu, F. 2013. Spatial determinants of urban land expansion in large Chinese cities: a case study of Nanjing City. Scientia Geographica Sinica 33(6), 676-684.
• Gao, J., Chen, J., and Su, X. 2013. Urban expansion and its driving mechanism in China: From three main schools’ perspectives. Progress in Geography 32(5), 743-754.
• Chen, J., Gao, J., and Wei, Y. 2013. Connotation and mechanism of integration of industrialization, urbanization and agricultural modernization: Taking Jiangsu Province as an example. Research of Agricultural Modernization 34(3), 274-278.
• Gao, J., Chen, J., and Yang, D. 2013. Spatial distribution of urban land prices in Nanjing. Progress in Geography 32(3), 361-371.
• Liu, J., Wang, H., Zhang, L., Gao, J. Wang, C., and Xu, M. 2013. Research on evaluation of site condition and layout optimization of marine industry in Jiangsu. Marine Environmental Science 32(5), 693-697.
• Xu, M., Chen, J., Gao, J., and Ye, Q. 2012. Study on ecological compensation model for major function oriented zones. Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture 20(10), 1404-1408.
• Gao, J., Chen, J., Xu, M., and Ji, F. 2012. Research on the industrial development in the coastal region of Jiangsu based on grey correlation analysis. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 21(7), 803-808.
• Zhang, W., Duan, X., Gao, J., and Liu, J. 2011. Geographical pattern and geographical concentration of Chinese new and high tech industries. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 20(7), 830-836.

已指导学生

杨雅雯  硕士研究生  070502-人文地理学  

安丰平  硕士研究生  070502-人文地理学  

现指导学生

马佳琦  硕士研究生  070502-人文地理学  

连佳音  硕士研究生  070502-人文地理学  

• Master Supervisor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), since 2022
• Master Supervisor, Hohai University (HohaiU), since 2021
• Frontiers in Environmental Science (SCIE), Topic Editor of Research Topic “Sustainable Cultivated Land Use and Management” , 2022 (with Dr. Yongsheng Wang, Prof. Dr. David Lopez-Carr, and Prof. Dr. Jianzhou Gong)
• Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy (SSCI), Guest Editor, 02/2021
• Sustainability (SSCI & SCIE), Topic Editor, 01/2021-present
•  Journal of the Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA (ESCI & Scoup), Associate Editor for Human Geography, 02/2020-present
• Regional Sustainability, Young Editorial Board Member, 01/2020-present
• The Geographical Society of Jiangsu Province, Director of Working Committee on Youth and Early Careers, 11/2018-present
• Jiangsu Land Science Society, Vice Director of Committee of Youth and Early Careers, 09/2019-present
• Geographical Society of China (GSC), Member (S110011469M), 10/2017-present
• American Association of Geographers (AAG), Member, 01/2018-12/2019