According to an announcement by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), 6 graduate students are granted with national scholarships. The 3 award-winning doctoral students (LI Su, TIAN Xiaofei, and YANG Shijian) will each receive each receive 30,000 yuan per year, while the 3 outstanding postgraduates (CHEN Huanhuan, XUE Baojin, and YANG Tianquan) will each receive 20,000 yuan per year, in recognition of their outstanding performance.

 The national scholarships were established by Ministry of Education and Ministry of Finance and went into effect in September 2012. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of moral quality, academic merit and research capacity. Every year, 45,000 outstanding graduate students will be offered with national scholarships, according to a statement by Ministry of Finance.