Scholarship of the Holiday Course For New Music, Darmstadt (1984)

Composition commission of the Berlin Festival (1984)

2nd prize of the International Composition Competition of the International Society Of Contemporary Music in memory of the 100th anniversary of the death of F. Liszt, Budapest (1985)

Scholarship of the Richard Wagner Foundation Bayreuth (1985)

Certificate of the Chinese Ministry of Culture (1986)

Dresden certificate "Carl-Maria-von-Weber" (1987)

Los Angeles Film Critics Award (1987)

Golden Globe (1988)

Academy Award (Oscar) For Best Original Score (1988)

America "Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) Award" (1988)

Nomination for "David Award Italy For Best Soundtrack" (1988)

Nominated by the Chinese magazine "Artists" as one of the 10 most famous Chinese artists in 1988 (1989)

Acclaimed as one of the "10 most famous film artists 1988" by the Chinese newspapers "Film Weekly ", "Film Daily", "Cinematic Art" and "People`s Film" (1989)

Nomination by the Chinese youth union newspaper "Chinese Youth" for the "10 outstanding young personalities of China 1988"

Fellow of the Krupp Foundation Essen/ Germany (1989)

Grammy For Best Album Of Original Instrumental Background Score 1988 (1989)

Nomination for "The British Academy Award 1988" For Best Score For A Film (1989)

Prize of the city of Beijing for the 40th anniversary of the People´s Republic of China (1990)

Registration in the chronicle of the Central Conservatory of Music Beijing (1990)

Registration in the "Musical Yearbook of China" (1990)

Registration in the Chinese "Encyclopedia of Music" (1990)

Represented at the Shanghai Center of Symphonic Music Documents (1990)

Registration in the encyclopedia of music "Foreign Musicians in Berlin" by the international institute for comparing musicology of UNESCO (1990)

Composition commission of the National Experimental Philharmonic Orchestra Taiwan (1990)

Composition commission of the National Theatre Taipei/ Taiwan (1991)

Composition commission of the 2nd International Silent Film Festival Esslingen / State Baden - Wuerttemberg (1994)

Jury member of the Rolf - Hans Müller Award for movie score, SWR - German South West Radio / Television (1996 - 2001)

Composition commission of the Urban Council Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Ballet for a full - length dance drama (1996)

Composition commission by the "Munich Philharmonic Brass” of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (1997)

Composition commission of the Second German Television (ZDF) and European Culture Television (ARTE) for a full - length movie score (1997)

Composition commission: Music for the celebration event for Hong Kong´s return to China ( with the world all - star team of the International Football Association / FIFA and the Hong Kong Olympic Committee ) (1997)

Represented in the Lexicon of International Personalities of the Hong Kong China International Interchange Press & Trade Co. United (1997)

"When The Sun Is Rising ..." "one of the best opera productions of the performance season 1996 / 97” The critics of the German magazine " Neues Rheinland” - Yearly report 1997

"One of the world‘s opera premiere highlights of the year 1997" – The critics of the international opera magazine
" Opera World" - Yearly Report 1997

The most important Chinese music magazine, "People´s Music", featured a photo of Cong Su on its front page and contained two main theme articles about his music in Europe during the last 15 years (April 1998)

Composition commission of the Museum of World Cultures Committee: Capriccio for Violoncello Solo and Piano for the presentation of the architectural plan by the Premium Imperial Award winner, Tadao Ando (1999)

Composition commission of the People´s Theater Rostock, Germany: a full - length science fiction musical theater for stage players and instrumental ensemble. Performed at the opening event of the Northern German Theaters Festival (1999)

The most important Chinese concert hall music magazine "Beijing Concert Hall News – artstoday.com" featured a photo of Cong Su on its front page and contained a main theme article about his music in Europe during the last 16 years (July 1999)

Composition commission of the Beijing Concert Hall: two pieces of poem music with the chamber ensemble for the concert series "A Thousand Years of Chinese Poem And Music" (2000)

Composition commission of the Art Ministry of the State Baden - Wuerttemberg and the Baden State Theater Karlsruhe, Germany, for a full - length dance piece with dancers, singers, orchestra and stage players. Performed during the European Cultural Festival (2000)

Composition commission of Bielefeld Theater, Germany, in cooperation with the Paul Sacher Foundation Basle, Switzer-land: music for a full - length multi performance (2000)

Composition commission of Dortmund Theater, Germany for a full - length opera with a large cast (2000)