Professor Gao Zhimin has been tirelessly engaged in scientific research during his 30-year career. He has presided over the national philosopher's "Seventh Five-Year Plan" key project "Comparative Research on Post-senior High School Education in Taiwan Province Province of China"; The national philosopher's "Eighth Five-Year Plan" key project "Comparative Study on Foreign Vocational Training System"; The ninth five-year plan key project of the Ministry of Education "Research on the Construction and Development of Adult Education Scientific System" and the tenth five-year plan key project "Sociological Research on Adult Education in Response to the Development of the New Century"; Shanghai's ninth five-year education science project "Research on training trainers", the tenth five-year education science project "Research on modern theoretical support and practical operation strategy of lifelong education, lifelong learning and learning society", and the project "Research on education for the elderly in the process of building a harmonious society" entrusted by Shanghai Education Commission. In addition, he independently undertook the national philosopher's "Eighth Five-Year Plan" youth special fund project "Contemporary World Educational Science Development and Adult Education"; Participated in the research of Bonheur et Travail project funded by French Ministry of Labor. Since the 11th Five-Year Plan, he has started the key project of the Ministry of Education: Criticism and Reconstruction of the Discipline System of Adult Education, participated in the international research project "Pedagogical Research on the Aging of Younger Children and People's Fertility Consciousness in East Asian Countries and Regions", and served as the research director of the sub-project China and Shanghai.