2026 May. Chen–Yang Volume Conjecture selected as the theme topic of “BTW6: The Volume Conjecture: From Some TQFTs to Recent Developments” (BTW6 is the sixth edition of the series “Topology between the Waves”, an international workshop series held annually in France.)

2026 May. listed among the mathematicians recognized in “History and Contributors of Modern Geometric Analysis”, a booklet of the International Conference “Fifty Years of Geometric Analysis” recognizing about 160 mathematicians in the section “The Field is Supported by Many Important Mathematicians”

2026 Chen-Yang Volume Conjecture is scribed in the book "K3: A New Problem List in Low-Dimensional Topology" edited by R. Inanc Baykur, Robion C. Kirby and Daniel Ruberman, Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, Volume 295, American Mathematical Society (A fundamental contribution to the progress and unity of the field “Low-Dimensional Topology” was played by two problem lists compiled by Rob Kirby in 1978 and 1997 as K1 and K2 respectively. The present volume is known to its contributors as K3. Especially for a young researcher, the lists of problems could be taken as definitions of the field. To this day, it is considered a signature achievement to solve a Kirby problem and those who do so will usually point it out in their papers.)

2019 Best Paper Award, Annual Meeting of International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians

2010 Spring, Travel award for 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians, American Mathematical Society