Prof. Gong has been in charge of more than 40 scientific research projects from national, ministerial, and provincial councils. He has won 1 National Science and Technology Progress Innovation Team Award, 1 First and 4 Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress, 3 Special and 7 First Prizes from the Provincial and Ministerial Councils, and 1 International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Dolezal Achievement. Up to now, Prof. Gong has published 13 books and more than 500 papers, including more than 100 papers classified by Science Citation Index (SCI), and the publications have been cited more than 20,000 times. He has also successfully supervised the studies of over 120 MSc candidates and over 70 PhD candidates.