In 2004, Liu Xin was awarded the National May 1st Labor Medal.

In 1996, Liu Xin purchased a four-story building at the entrance of Taiyuan Street, the busiest street in Shenyang, which was evaluated by industry insiders as an important beginning for Little Potato's entry into modern catering. In 1999, small potatoes into the Beijing opened the first small potatoes restaurant, meet the consumer "eat face, eat to save money, eat comfortably" needs, and soon got the recognition of consumers, opened the Beijing this important market. 1998; small potatoes in Handan company to try the shareholding system reform, in 1999, small potatoes In 1999, Little Potato carried out a formal shareholding system reform, which fundamentally solved the pitfalls of family management. Ltd. was established. Small potato has more than 140 franchises in the country, covering Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Guangdong, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Tibet, Shenzhen and other places, creating a Chinese food chain in the history of the most rapid expansion of food and beverage in a limited period of time the most. In 2000, the country's top 100 list of food and beverage, Shenyang small potato catering Co., Ltd. ranked fifth, in 1998, the trademark intangible assets assessed value of 156.73 million yuan.

Liu Xin has been named "Warmth Project Advanced Individual"; Shenyang Municipal Party Committee awarded the "Glorious Cause Advanced Individual"; the Municipal People's Consultative Conference as a special contribution to the CPPCC members; in the Liaoning Province to participate in the " Dongze Cup" competition won the "Dongze Cup". Dongze Cup" competition held in Liaoning Province won the first place; by the Shenyang Municipal Business Administration Committee as "advanced workers"; in the double index contribution contest, won the "Shenyang City workers master model" title.