Forbes China announced the “Forbes 30Under 30” 2021 List on September 16. This year,300 outstanding entrepreneurs, technological innovation talents and fieldsubverters were selected level by levelfrom more than 3,500 candidates in 10 industrial sectors. Relying on their outstanding contributions in related fields,Yan Zhipeng graduated in2009, Wang Jianxiao graduated in 2010, Wang Zhisheng graduated in 2013 andMeng Pengfei(Ph.D) graduated in 2015 from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University were enrolled.

A fellow graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2009

Yan Zhipeng

Zhipeng Yan received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering,Tsinghua University in 2018, under the tutelage of Professor Liang Xidong. He is currently a senior researcher of the Global Energy Internet Development Cooperation Organization (Group Company),a member of CIGRE and amember of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). He has won the ISH 2019 Young Research Award of the International Conference on High Voltage Engineering, and the second prize of the American International Mathematical Modeling Contest (MCM/ICM). He is mainly engaged in research work in the energy Internet and other fields,and hasparticipated in the compilation of 4 monographs,with relatedachievementsincluded in the policy recommendation report of the United Nations high-level political forum.He has published more than 20 papers, of which 10 were collected by SCI, and obtained 2 invention patents.He has undertaken3subjectsfor the joint working group of the International Conference on Large High Voltage Electric System and more than 10subjects forChinese enterprises and institutions.

A fellow graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2010

Wang Jianxiao

Wang Jianxiao received a bachelor’s degree in engineering and economic management,and a doctorate degree in engineering from Tsinghua University in 2019, under the tutelage of Professor Xia Qing.He is now working in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, selected as “Youth of AdvancedTechnology Innovation Think Tank” of China Association for Science and Technology, IEEE Member, Member of MarketCommittee of Chinese Societyfor Electrical Engineering, Member of IEEE PES China, Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems/ Smart Grid/ Sustainable Energy andsomeother journals, and hasbeen invited by IEEE PES General Meeting to serve as Session Chair and Speaker for many times. Hehas undertaken1 Youth Project of theNational Natural Science Foundation, 1 General-purpose Project of the State Key Laboratory of Power System, and participated in 1 Smart Grid Key Project and a number of horizontal topics of theNational Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 30 papers, of which 13 are included in SCI as the first author. He has won the Elsevier Global Sustainable Energy Award,a gold award in the44th Geneva International Invention Expo, a gold award in the 22nd National Invention Exhibition,a Silver Awardin the12th Beijing Invention and Innovation Competition, anda bronze award inthe 2017 South Korea BIXPO Power Technology Invention Exhibition.

A fellow graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2013

Wang Zhisheng

Wang Zhisheng receiveda bachelor’s degreefromthe Department of Electrical Engineeringin 2017 and a master’s degree fromTsinghua University in 2019, under the tutelage of Associate Professor Zhang Xuemin. He has won the silver medal of CPhO, the fame of Outstanding Graduate inTsinghua University and Beijing, theNational Scholarship, anda special award ofTsinghua University Challenge Cup.He published7 articles (some are SCI papers being reviewed and some are reported at top-level conferences). He is now the co-founder & CTO of Lianzhi Technology, leading the development of Lianzhi Technology’s intelligent predictive platform from the first generation to the fourth generation, and the research and development of Lianzhi Technology’s predictive maintenance algorithms for motors androtary equipment.

A fellow (Ph.D.) graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2015

Meng Pengfei

Meng Pengfei received his PhD degreefrom the Department of ElectricalEngineering in 2020, under the tutelage of Professor He Jinliang. He is currently a distinguished associate researcher and master tutor of Sichuan University, concurrentlythe secretary andamember of the C4 China Committee of CIGRE, a member of the Youth Working Committee and the Secretary-General of the Youth GroupofHigh Voltage Insulation and Plasma of the Chinese Electrotechnical Society, the secretary andamember ofCIGRE WG C4/A3.53. He has been successively selected into the "Siebel Scholar Program" of the United States and the Sichuan Program of Introducing High-level Talents from Home and Abroad. He has published more than 40 academic papers, obtained 11 international patents, and 8Chinese invention patents.He haswon the IEEE Caixin Sun and Stan Gryzbowski Best Paper Award, ICLP (International Conference on Lightning Protection) “Young Scientist Award”, APL (Asia-Pacific International Conference on Thunder and Lightning) “Young Scientist Award”, 2first prizes and 1 second prize at theprovincial and ministeriallevels, and theWIPO (United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization) “Best Invention Award”, etc.

Introduction to “Forbes 30Under 30”:

Forbes has a forward-lookingvision to look for people under the age of 30, who are emerging in the industry, or showing the potential to become a leader in the industry and society in the future, and people selected are famed“30 Under 30”.

In 2021, candidates were assessed in three dimensions, namely influence, performance and innovation. Forbes invited nearly 50 well-known entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, artists, university professors, and industry opinion leaders to serve as judges, as they are experts in their fields. Forbes Chinapreliminarily screens the applicants in industrial branches and fields, and then submits the materialsto the judges, who will finally fixthequalifiedcandidates.