| 2008— | Vice-Chairman, 11th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 2007— | Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 2003—2008 | Vice-Chairman, 10th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 2002—2007 | Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1998— | Vice-President, Third World Academy of Sciences | |
| 1998— | Member, State Steering Group of Science, Technology and Education | |
| 1997— | President, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| 1997—2002 | Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1997—???? | Vice-President, China Overseas Friendship Association, 1st Council | |
| 1997— | Vice-Chairman, State Academic Degrees Committee |
| 09/22/06 | Lu Yongxiang made a speech at the general debate of the 61st UN General Assembly. |
| 04/14/06 | Lu Yongxiang met with Alfredo Serrano Valladares, president of the department in charge of international and defence affairs of the Ecuadorian National Congress. |
| 11/14/05 | Lu Yongxiang met with Tsunoda Giichi, vice-president of the House of Councilors of the Diet of Japan. |
| 08/30/05 | Lu Yongxiang met with Horacio Francisco Pernasetti, leader of Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Radical Civil Union. |
| 08/15/05 | Lu Yongxiang met with Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. |