General Administration of Press and Publication
Xu Xin was awarded a Special Government Allowance by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in 1996. The Chinese edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica won an award of Excellent Book by Bureau of Press and Publication of Shanghai and East China in 1994, and an award of Excellent Reference Book by General Administration of Press and Publication of the People's Republic of China in 1995. Xu's essay on "Modern Hebrew Literature" won a Second Place of Excellent essays on Social Sciences by the Bureau of Higher Education of Jiangsu province in 1994. His book, "A History of Western Culture", was named as National Planned Textbook in 2006 for Chinese colleges. In 1995, his book "Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng" was named a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Book for Older Readers.