- Annual National Award for Reportage: Chinese Writer’s Association, Beijing, 1982
- Golden Pen for Freedom; Annual Congress of FIEJ, Prague, 1992
- Goldman Environmental Award; Goldman Environmental Foundation. San Francisco. 1993.
- Conde Nest Traveler Environmental Award; Conde Nest Traveler. St. Louis. 1993
- One of the Stars of Asia: Business Week. June 1999


