Congratulations to Dr Fang Xu, a Kent Business School PhD graduate, on winning a prestigious Chinese government award for outstanding Chinese students who make significant research achievements during their studies overseas. Dr Xu was supervised by Prof. Steve Liu and Prof. John Mingers while studying at Kent and is one of two UK winners in the area of business and management. This is one the highest awards in China for early career academics and also reflects Dr Xus’s success in achieving a position within the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The award will be given at Imperial College at a later date by State Councilor, Ms. Yandong Liu, China’s highest-ranking female politician.