Rewards and further activities: corresponding member of the Seminar for Political Philosophy at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; board member of the Chinese Society for the History of Western Philosophy; committee member in the Department for Humanities at Peking University; Yangtse Scholar (renowned professorship of the Yangtse Foundation of the Chinese Ministry of Education, highest award for leading scientists in China)

Primary research interests: German philosophy, political philosophy, sociological theories and Max Weber, mental development and development of academic institutions in contemporary China