Since its inception in 2015, the Research Division for Economics of Land & Human Resources has undertaken more than 30 research projects, published 5 monographs and over 60 SSCI/SCI papers, and submitted more than 30 policy proposals. It also serves as a platform for the CASS Key Discipline of "Agricultural Modernization Research".

Research area: land economics; economics and management of human resources.

Research directions: land system, land markets, land use planning, new professional farmers, rural education and skills training, and rural talent policies, modernization of agriculture and rural areas.