• Taxonomy, molecular phylogeny, evolutionary developmental biology.
• Plant introduction and conservation. 

• Qiu Zhi-Jing, Yuan Zu-Li, Li Zhen-Yu, Wang Yin-Zheng. 2011. Confirmation of a natural hybrid species in Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 49(5): 449–463.
• Yang Xia, Pang Hong-Bo, Liu Bai-Ling, Qiu Zhi-Jing,Gao Qiu, Wei Lai, Wang Yin-Zheng. 2012. Evolution of Double Positive Autoregulatory Feedback Loops in CYCLOIDEA2 Clade Genes Is Associated with the Origin of Floral Zygomorphy. The Plant Cell, 24: 1834–1 847.
• Qiu Zhi-Jing, Wang Xiao-Ling, Liu Zheng-Yu, Yang Jian-Fen, Zhang Shou-Zhou. 2012. Cytological and phylogenetic study of Petrocosmea hexiensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Chongqing, China. Phytotaxa, 74: 30 – 38.
• Qiu Zhijing, Zou Chunqing, Shi Zhengjun, Dai Yaoliang, Xie Ruixing. 2013. Effects of different substrate composition on growth of Gesneriaceae plants. Guangdong Agricultural Sciences, 17: 31-33, 47.
• Qiu Zhi-Jing, Liang Qiong-Fang, Zou Chen-Qing, Song Feng-Ming, Peng Yang, Xie Rui-Xing. 2013. Effects of the substrate pH on the growth of wild Gesneriaceae plants. Journal of Anhui Agricultural Sciences, 18: 7746-7747, 7779.
• Zhi-Jing Qiu, Yang Peng, Rui-Xing Xie. 2014. Preliminary study on the growing status and protection of endangered plant Petrocosmea qinlingensis. Journal of Fairylake Botanical Garden, 13 (1-2): 27-29.
• Zhi-Jing Qiu, Chun-Qing Zou, Xiao-Long Tan, Yang Peng, Rui-Xing Xie. 2015. Study on plant cutting of Gesneriaceae. Northern Horticulture, 11: 60-65.
• 10. Zhi-Jing Qiu, Yuan-Xue Lu, Chao-Qun Li, Yang Dong, James F. Smith, Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2015. Origin and evolution of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) inferred from both DNA sequence and novel findings in morphology with test of morphology-based hypotheses. BMC Plant Biology, 15: 167.
• Zhi-jing Qiu, Chao-Qun Li, Yin-zheng Wang. 2015. Petrocosmea glabristoma (Gesneriaceae), a New Species from Yunnan, China. Plant Diversity and Resources, 37(5): 551-556.
• Xia Yang, Xiao-Ge Zhao, Chao-Qun Li, Jing Liu, Zhi-Jing Qiu, Yang Dong, Yin-Zheng Wang. 2015. Distinct regulatory changes underlying differential expression of TEOSINTE BRANCHED1-CYCLOIDEA-PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR genes associated with petal variations in zygomorphic flowers of Petrocosmea spp. of the family Gesneriaceae, Plant Physiology, 169: 2138-2151. 
• Zhi-Jing QIU, Rui-Xing XIE, Xiao-Long TAN, Yang PENG, Peng CHEN, Ping YANG. 2015. Cultivation list of Gesneriaceae in Fairylake Botanical Garden. Journal of Fairylake Botanical Garden, 15 (1): 1-50.
• YANG Ping, LU Ting, QIU Zhi-Jing*. Study on propagation of the Endangered Species Petrocosmea qinlingensis by leaf cutting. 2016.  Northern Horticulture, 2016 (11): 57-60. (*Corresponding Author)
• Chen Peng, Xie Ruixing, Qiu Zhijing*. 2016. Measure of Acteoside and total flavonoids contents in 40 kinds of Gesneriaceae plants. Guizhou Agricultural Sciences. 44(8): 94-96.  (*Corresponding Author)
• YANG Ping, LU Ting, QIU Zhijing*, CHEN Peng, PENG Yang, TAN Xiaolong. 2016. Analyses on ecological characteristics and endangered reasons of endangered plant Petrocosmea qinlingensis. Journal of Plant Resources and Environment, 25(3): 90-95.  (*Corresponding Author)
• Xin Hong, Jeremy Keene, Zhi-Jing Qiu, Fang Wen. 2019. Primulina anisocymosa (Gesneriaceae), a new species with a unique inflorescence structure from Guangdong, China. Peer J, 7: e6157.

         Books

• Qiu Zhi-Jing, Liu Zheng-Yu. Plants of Petrocosmea in China. 2015. Science Press. Beijing. (in Chinese)
• Qiu Zhi-Jing (as the associate Editor), in Huang Hongwen, Encyclopedia of Chinese Garden Flora. 2016. Science Press. Beijing. (in Chinese)
• Qiu Zhi-Jing (as one of the Editorial board), in Editorial Committee of Higher Plants of China in Colour, Higher Plants of China in Colour. 2016. Science Press. Beijing. (in Chinese)
• Qiu Zhi-Jing (as one of the Volume authors), in Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Flora of Shenzhen. 2015. China Forestry Publishing House. Beijing. (in Chinese)
• Qiu Zhi-Jing (as one of the Editorial board), in Wang Yin-Zheng, Zhang Shu-Ren, Zhao Hong. Plants of Mount Yuntai. 2012. Henan Science and Technology Press. Zhengzhou. (in Chinese)

• In 2018, The second prize of Guangdong Province Science and Technology Progress Award. The project was "R&D and industrial application of three-dimensional greening technology", ranking seventh.
• In 2018, The award of "19th International Botany Congress Contribution Award" by the Chinese Botanical Society.
• In 2016, The award of "Certificate for High-level Professional in Shenzhen" issued by Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.

• The revision of the genus Petrocosmea, the National Natural Science Foundation Project (Approval Number: 31200159); Host: Qiu Zhijing; Execution Period: 2013-2015;
• Innovative research, development and utilization of Gesneriaceae, scientific research project of Shenzhen Urban Management Bureau (approval number: 201312); host: Qiu Zhijing; execution period: 2013-2015;
• Research and development of medicinal function of Gesneriaceae, scientific research project of Shenzhen Urban Management Bureau (approval number: 201412);  host: Qiu Zhijing; execution period: 2014-2015;
• Application and evaluation of Gesneriaceae plants in garden configuration, Guangdong Science and Technology Basic Condition Construction Project (Approval No.: 2013B060400008); Host: Qiu Zhijing; Execution Period: 2014-2017;
• Strategic Biological Resources Service Network Plan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences-Botanical Garden Working Committee Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden Data Sharing and Management, Project of Science and Technology Promotion and Development Bureau of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Approval No.: 2SXX-1-2); Host: Qiu Zhijing; execution period: 2016-2017;
• Research on seed planting experiment to create natural flower fields, scientific research project of Shenzhen Urban Management Bureau (approval number: 201705); host: Qiu Zhijing; execution period: 2017-2018;
• The application of Gesneriaceae plants in the gardening of Shenzhen, the scientific research project of Shenzhen Urban Management Bureau (approval number: 201807); host: Qiu Zhijing; execution period: 2018-2019;
• Gesneriaceae plant resources collection and utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences strategic biological resources capacity building project (project number: KFJ-BRP-017-29); host: Qiu Zhijing; execution period: 2020-2021.

• E-mail:qiuzhijing@szbg.ac.cn;　Tel: 0755-25822825