- Plenary speaker at “The Seventh International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT 2022)”, Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, July 25–28, 2022.
- Plenary speaker at “SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE21)”, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, March 1–5, 2021.
- Elected an inaugural CSIAM Fellow in 2020 by the China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
- Elected a SIAM Fellow in 2020 by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
- Awarded the triennial Beale–Orchard-Hays Prize for Excellence in Computational Mathematical Programming 2018 by the Mathematical Optimization Society.
- Plenary speaker at “SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP11)”, Darmstadtium Conference Center, Darmstadt, Germany, May 16-19, 2011.
- The inaugural Outstanding Scientist Award, by Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 2007.
- Yilida Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1995.
- Excellent Prize of the President of the Graduate School at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1994.
