Mr Xia is the CEO of China Social Enterprise Certification Center. Under his leadership, the centre issues national certification for social enterprises and social innovation organisations in Beijing, Chengdu, Foshan City in Shunde district and other areas in China. Mr Xia also collaborated with various academic institutions on several social enterprise research, including the Peking University Civil Society Research Center, the China Institute of Social Entrepreneurship at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the Yunus Center at the School of Business, Renmin University of China and the Philanthropy and Social Enterprise Research Center at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Recently, Mr Xia became a prominent speaker and educator in social innovation governance, community development and social impact investment at various international events organised by international government departments, independent entrepreneurs, industry representatives, social organisation leaders and universities.