Main research direction: economic statistics. He has taught many courses such as Statistics. He has presided over and participated in more than 30 research projects, published more than 30 books and 150 papers. His teaching and scientific research achievements have won 49 awards from provincial and ministerial governments. Because of his outstanding achievements, he has been awarded special allowances by experts of the State Council and excellent teachers of statistics in China. He was selected as outstanding Chinese humanities and social scientist and outstanding Fujian people's teacher.