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Recognition

2026
- 4 February 2026 (submitted; announced 6 February)
  Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by five US representatives
2023
- 2 June 2023 (announced)
  Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China
2022
- 28 January 2022
  Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by 15 scholars
2019
- 14 December 2019
  Financial Times 50 People Who Shaped the Decade
- 19 November 2019 (announced)
  Westminster Award for Human Life, Human Rights and Human Dignity
2018
- 5 December 2018
  Lantos Human Rights Prize
- November 2018
  IAPC Democracy Medal (jointly awarded with Nathan Law – former Hong Kong Legislative Council member, now with a bounty on his head from the Hong Kong government – and Alex Chow)
- 1 February 2018
  Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by US lawmakers
2015
- 26 March 2015
  Fortune World’s 50 Greatest Leaders — No. 10
2014
- 2014
  The Times Young Person of the Year
- 8 December 2014
  TIME Person of the Year Reader Poll — third place
- 13 October 2014
  TIME 25 Most Influential Teens
- 17 November 2014
  Foreign Policy 100 Leading Global Thinkers (jointly recognised with Benny Tai – one of the Hong Kong 47 political prisoners)
- December 2014
  AFP’s 10 Most Influential People
- 20 October 2014
  TIME International and Asia Edition Cover