At the 4th World Forum on China Studies in 2010, the Award for Contributions to China Studies was established.
Winners that year included Jacques Gernet, formerly Deputy Administrator of Far East Institute, College of France; Philip A. Kuhn, Professor Emeritus of History and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Kazuko Mori, Professor Emeritus, Waseda University, Japan; and Igor Rogachev, Member of the Council of Federation, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation