1999 won the "Earth Award" for the environment in China, and donated the prize of RMB 20,000 to the China Environmental Protection Foundation to set up the "Green Home Education Fund".
In 2000, he was awarded the "Environmental Ambassador" by the State Environmental Protection Administration.
200 1 was awarded the "Outstanding Contribution Award for Environmental Protection" by the State Environmental Protection Bureau.
In 2004, he was awarded the 2004 World Environmental Person Award by Condé Nast Traveler. Donate this $20,000 to schools along the Nujiang River, build libraries and help the poor ecologically.
In 2007, he was selected as "2007 Green China Person of the Year" by the Environmental Protection Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Environmental Protection Administration and Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China.
In September 2008, he was elected as the environmental hero of American Times/CNN /CNN 2008. In February 2008, he was awarded the honorary title of "Environmental Contributor in 30 Years of Reform and Opening-up" by People's Daily.