Professor Xia has mainly worked on education and science research of theory and practice of the Public Administration and has taken over seven projects, such as project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, project of education in humanities and social science foundation, planning project of politics and social science in Sichuan province and so on. He has also been entrusted to accept about 20 researching projects by local government and enterprises and public institutions. Professor Xia has published 4 monographs and textbooks. And over 30 of his academic papers have been released on authoritative journals like Xinhua Digest, Guangming Daily, China Public Administration or on CSSCI Journal. His research achievements have won him many awards, for example, the third prize of outstanding achievements of humanities and social science of education ministry for once, the second prize of outstanding achievements of politics and social science in Sichuan province for three times and also its third prize for once, the second prize of outstanding teaching achievements of Sichuan province for once, and also its third prize for once.