Wang Hui is honored as the spokesperson of the Chinese "New Left" intellectual circle and in spite of the scandal, in May he was nominated by Tsinghua University and successfully received a scholarship award from the highest government authority, the State Council. 
Wang Hui anaheshimika kama msemaji mkuu wa "Mrengo Mpya wa Kushoto" wa duru za wasomi wa Kichina na pamoja na kuwa na kashfa hiyo, mwezi Mei alipendekezwa na Chuo Kikuu cha Tsinghua na hatimaye alifaulu kupata tuzo ya udhamini kutoka kwenye mamlaka ya juu kabisa ya serikali, Baraza la Dola.