Recently, the results of the selection of the "Business Development Research Achievement Award" (2018/2019) organized by the Ministry of Commerce were announced. A total of 2 first prizes, 8 second prizes, 15 third prizes and 35 excellent awards. Professor Bin Sheng and Associate Professor Qilin Mao’s coauthored paper "Is Import Trade Liberalization Affecting the Complexity of China's Manufacturing Export Technology" (the original article is published in the top Chinese economic journal "World Economy", Issue 12, 2017) have won the first prize. This is the first time that Nankai University has won the first prize.

The "Business Development Research Achievement Award" is a national-oriented social science award established by the Ministry of Commerce. It aims to strengthen business strategy and policy research, prosper business theory, encourage units and individuals in the country to engage in business theory, policy research, and practical work, accelerate the cultivation of business research talents and establish and improve the mechanism and mechanism of scientific research in the business field. This award is used to reward forward-looking, creative, highly theoretical and academic value books, papers and research reports in the business field, as well as research results that have an important impact on government decision-making and practical work. The report category and the policy research category cover four fields including world economy, international trade, circulation economy and business law. It is the most authoritative ministerial government award in China's business field.