On the afternoon of May 30, the Beijing Association for Science and Technology held the main event of the “Song of Science and Technology Workers” celebration for National Science and Technology Workers’ Day at the Beijing Science Center, where the list of the ten recipients of the 2026 Beijing “Most Beautiful Science and Technology Workers” title was officially announced. Professor He Jinliang from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics at Tsinghua University received the title in recognition of his leadership in original innovation and green transformation in power transmission technology.

Professor He Jinliang Receives the Certificate for Beijing “Most Beautiful Science and Technology Worker”

He Jinliang is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics at Tsinghua University. He is the chief scientist of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) under the Ministry of Science and Technology, the leader of an Innovative Research Group funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and a Distinguished Professor under the Ministry of Education’s Changjiang Scholars Program. He has long been engaged in research on power transmission and transformation technologies for electric power systems. He overcame key challenges in comprehensive electromagnetic transient protection technologies for power transmission and transformation systems, invented large-capacity ultra-high-voltage direct-current transmission pipelines and low-carbon environmentally friendly power cables, and made major contributions to China’s innovation in power transmission and transformation technologies as well as its pursuit of scientific and technological self-reliance and strength. Professor He has received numerous prestigious domestic and international honors, including the Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize, the Global Energy Prize, the IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award, the Richard R. Stoddard Award for Outstanding Performance, the IEEE Technical Achievement Award, Japan’s Hoshino Award, and Europe’s Rudolf Heinrich Golde Award. His research achievements have been recognized with two Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, one Second Prize of the National Technology Invention Award, nine provincial- and ministerial-level special or first prizes, as well as the World Intellectual Property Organization Best Invention Award and the IET Engineering and Technology Innovation Award.

About the Beijing “Most Beautiful Science and Technology Workers” Program

The Beijing “Most Beautiful Science and Technology Workers” selection program is jointly organized by the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Beijing Association for Science and Technology, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Administrative Commission of Zhongguancun Science Park, and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. Since 2021, the Beijing Association for Science and Technology, together with multiple government departments, has annually selected ten outstanding science and technology professionals through procedures including broad mobilization, multi-level nomination, qualification review, and expert evaluation, drawing upon the national “Most Beautiful Science and Technology Workers” publicity initiative jointly launched by six central government departments including the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the China Association for Science and Technology. The ten science and technology professionals receiving the title in 2026 include veteran scientists who have devoted themselves to scientific research rooted in China’s scientific and technological development, leading researchers playing critical roles in tackling key core technologies, and young science and technology workers serving as pioneers on the path toward high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and strength. Their work spans fields including materials science, energy, computer science, biology, medicine, and transportation. The selection program aims to identify and promote exemplary science and technology professionals who love the Party, the country, and socialism, and who are committed to serving the people through science and technology and writing their papers on the soil of the motherland. It seeks to inspire scientific and technological workers with a stronger sense of honor, pride, and responsibility in advancing the new journey toward socialist modernization, while fostering a strong atmosphere of diligence, dedication, and national rejuvenation through practical work within the scientific community.