Fan was honored at the 2017 Time 100 Gala in Manhattan, recognized on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2017. In 2017, Fan served on the 70th Cannes Film Festival jury and was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2018, Fan was secretly detained by Chinese authorities, disappearing from public view on 1 July 2018 for nearly three months. She subsequently appeared on social media, offering a public apology over tax evasion, for which she was fined more than ().