Honours & Awards
 | January 1994, Royal Fellowship Award from The Royal Society, London; |
| | April 1998, Best presentation award and the postgraduate student of the year 1998 from the Institution of Nuclear Engineers, UK; |
| | October 2002, National outstanding young scientist award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China; |
| | September 2003, Achievement award from the state government of China for overseas returnees; |
| | July 2006, National Young Scientist Award, Chinese Association of Science & Technology (CAST); |
| | May 2007, “Top Ten Youth”, Chinese Academy of Sciences; |
| | Dec 2008, Beijing Science and Technology Award; |
| | Dec 2009, National Natural Science Award, Chinese State Government; |
| | Jan 2011, Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); |
| | October 2012, Young Scientist Award (environmental science), SCOPE; |
| | Feb 2013, Special Allowance of the Chinese State Council for Distinguished Experts; |
| | March 2013, China National Leading Talents (equivalent to national chair professor); |
| | July 2013, ranked 89 worldwide in Essential Science Indicators (category: Environment/Ecology), ISI Web of Knowledge (accessed 3 July 2013); |
| | August 2013, Named "Outstanding Talent", Fujian province (elected every three years for the whole province), China |
| | October 2013, TWAS (The World Academy of Science for the advancement of science in the developing countries) Prize in Agricultural Sciences |