He used to be the deputy director of the chemistry department of Lanzhou University and the head of the chemistry department of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Lanzhou University. Director of Institute of Organic Chemistry of Lanzhou University, director of Chinese Chemical Society, vice chairman of Gansu Chemical Society, academic leader of national "organic chemistry innovation group". In addition, he also serves as the editorial board of chinese journal of medicinal chemistry, Petrochemical Technology and Application, Pharmaceutical Analysis, and a special commentator of Tetrahedron/Tetrahedron Express magazine.

1After returning to China at the end of 995, Professor Tu Yongqiang devoted himself to exploring the methodology of total and organic synthesis of natural products and made outstanding pioneering work in the field of synthetic organic chemistry.