Dr. Sun Piaoyang is now holding the position of chairman of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical Group. As a professor and doctoral supervisor of China Pharmaceutical University, He entitled to special grants from the National Council.  He is the Executive member of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission, and the representative of the 11th, 12th, and 13th National People's Congress, vice-chairman (concurrently) of Jiangsu Federation of Industry and Commerce, and model worker of Jiangsu Province. He has successively won the honorary title of "Excellent Constructor of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics", "Eleventh Five-Year" National Science and Technology Plan Implementation Outstanding Contribution Award of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Science and Technology Innovation Entrepreneur Award of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce. He has been repeatedly selected as an outstanding Communist Party member and excellent entrepreneur of Jiangsu Province.  He has won the second prize of national science and technology progress award for one time, Chinese patent Excellence Awards for two times, one first prize, two second prizes and four third prizes of provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological progress awards, and more than 20 provincial and ministerial level personal honours.