The Jiangsu Academy of Social Science has awarded James Lee’s article, <江山代有才人出,各领风骚数十年:中国精英教育四段论,1865-2014>. 《社会学研究》,co-authored with Chen LIANG (History, Nanjing University), Bamboo REN (HKUST Social Science PhD candidate) and Hao DONG (HKUST 2016 Social Science PhD) the 2017 third prize (三等奖)for Outstanding Achievement in Philosophy and Social Science.