On March 11, 2022, Postdoctoral Fellow Dong Luyu of our institute won the Outstanding Doctoral Award issued by the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and won the Fox Family Prize scholarship. The award is awarded annually to two PhD graduates who have excelled in their doctoral studies.

From January 2017 to July 2021, Dr. Luyu Dong studied for a phD at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, during which time he overcame many difficulties in study and life to concentrate on scientific research and thesis writing, completing the title Incorporation of Arbitration Clauses into Bills of Lading – in Search for a New Paradigm under Chinese Legal PhD thesis of System. Although the thesis defense due to the outbreak of the epidemic was affected by the postponement, the final thesis defense was successfully held. Due to Dong Luyu's excellent performance in the defense process and the high academic value and application value of the paper, the paper does not need to be revised and passed the defense team assessment at one time. Dong Luyu also won the Outstanding Doctoral Award.

It is reported that in 2022, the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom is 143rd in the Times World University Rankings; 151-200 in the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Soft University Rankings; 149th in the QS World University Rankings; and 163rd in the U.S.NEWS World University Rankings.