Throughout his career, he has received numerous prestigious awards, including the First Prize for Creation at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition in 1997, the Taylor Prize at the Paris Salon d'Automne in 2001 (the first Chinese artist to receive this honor in the event's 103-year history, at the age of 29), and the President's Award from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2004. He was invited to the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011 and was named one of the "Top 100 Art Leaders in the World" by Art Actuel in 2012. In 2014, he received the Rockefeller Award for Outstanding Young Chinese Artist and the Annual Impact Special Artist Award.