At the evening of September 18, the result of the Third "Golden Direction" Awards of Chinese Securities Companies was revealed. China Merchants Securities won several awards including "2012 the Best Securities Companies in China", "2012 the Best Industry Research Teams in China" (the biotechnology research team and the cultural communication industry research team), and "2012 the Best Investment Bank Team". For individual awards, President Wang Yan and VP Sun Yizheng won "2012 Mr. Securities Company in China" and "2012 Mr. Investment Bank in China" respectively. Zhu Xianfen, the managing director of the investment bank headquarters, received the awards on behalf of the company.