The Lifetime Achievement Award and the Outstanding Contribution Award were well-deserved, as five industry elites joyfully accepted their trophies.

On October 15, 2018, the “18th National…” Pesticide The symposium’s plenary session was held at the Sheraton Shanghai Pudong Hotel, where Qi Mingzhu, former chairman of Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Co., Ltd., and Yang Shouhai, Party Secretary, Chairman and President of Hongtaiyang Group, as well as Chairman of Nanjing Hongtaiyang Co., Ltd., were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. Professor Zhou Mingguo of Nanjing Agricultural University, General Manager Bao Lianqun of Hebei Xingbai Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., and Shenyang Sinochem… Pesticide Li Bin, Director of the Herbicide R&D Department at Chemical Research and Development Co., Ltd., has been awarded… “Outstanding Contribution Award.” This time awarded The “Lifetime Achievement Award” and the “Outstanding Contribution Award” are intended to recognize those who, over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, have made significant contributions to our country. Pesticide who have achieved remarkable accomplishments and made outstanding contributions to innovation and development Pesticide Person.

Qi Mingzhu, who long served as a key leader at Yangnong Chemical, in China… Pesticide Technological innovation and industrial development and application, particularly pyrethroids Pesticide Significant achievements have been made in this area. Under his leadership, Yangnong Co., Ltd. started from scratch and, through steady accumulation, has achieved numerous firsts in China’s pyrethroid field: it was the first to apply bioenzyme resolution technology to pyrethroids. Pesticide Synthesis; domestic No. One company has mastered a new, highly efficient separation technology that achieves complete cis–trans resolution of chiral compounds; it is the only enterprise in China capable of starting from raw materials and independently producing all key intermediates. Yangnong Co., Ltd. has independently developed four proprietary products, among which chlorfluazuron was the first in China to generate annual sales exceeding 100 million yuan. Pesticide Developed proprietary varieties; filed 108 domestic invention patent applications and been granted 64 domestic invention patents, along with 5 PCT international patents; chaired the development of 1 international standard, 2 national standards, and 6 industry standards; undertaken 14 major research projects at or above the provincial/ministerial level, including 8 at the national level.

Yang Shouhai has been honored with over a hundred prestigious titles, including China’s Top Ten Leading Entrepreneurs, One of the Ten Most Influential Figures of Reform, and Outstanding Rural Science and Technology Leader. Under his leadership, Hongtaiyang successfully developed a series of pyridine‑base products, breaking the multinational corporations’ monopoly in the pyridine‑base industry; it also completed the development of highly toxic… Pesticide Substitution, import substitution, and the replacement of toxic and hazardous intermediates will elevate product quality to an internationally leading level; patent applications have been filed. 76 items; in 2017, Hongtaiyang Group’s biochemical sector Pesticide Ranking among the world’s… Pesticide Leading in manufacturing.

“Lifetime Achievement Award” Ceremony

Zhou Mingguo, Nanjing Agricultural University Pesticide The leader of the discipline. He has long been dedicated to research on the fundamental theories and applied technologies of fungicide biology, including mechanisms of fungicide resistance, the formation and epidemiological forecasting of resistant pest populations, the discovery of novel fungicide targets, fungicide toxicology, and fungicides and biological… Pesticide He has made outstanding contributions in areas such as synergistic efficiency and reduced‑use strategies. He has published scientific and technological papers. More than 300 publications, over 30 nationally authorized invention patents, and 7 international patent applications; three Second-Class National Awards for Scientific and Technological Progress and seven science-and‑technology awards at the provincial and ministerial levels; and more than 110 doctoral and master’s graduates.

Bao Lianqun, entered the workforce For more than 40 years, I have been engaged in the field of biology. Pesticide He has conducted extensive research and development, production, promotion, and application efforts, particularly in the R&D and commercialization of products such as Bacillus thuringiensis, jinggangmycin, avermectin, and emamectin benzoate, significantly boosting fermentation yields. The newly developed avermectin B2 has been granted a national patent and holds great promise for practical applications. He has received two National Science and Technology Progress Awards, multiple first‑prize awards at the provincial and municipal levels, five national invention patents, and has published more than ten papers in related fields.

Li Bin, from Began working in the new field in 1987. Pesticide the work of its creation. To mitigate R&D risks, he advocated the implementation of “ Disruptive “Innovation” is in line with China’s new… Pesticide The domestically developed approach is characterized by low investment, high cost-effectiveness, and a high success rate, and has been adopted by numerous entities both at home and abroad. Pesticide The company has adopted this approach. Over the past 30 years, he has led his R&D team in synthesizing nearly 20,000 novel compounds, identifying more than ten highly active candidates, and filing 115 Chinese invention patent applications. The insecticide chlorantraniliprole and the acaricide etoxazole, both developed under his leadership, have now entered industrial-scale production, with cumulative application covering approximately 80 million mu‑times.

Award Ceremony for the “Outstanding Contribution Award”

Table 1 List of Recipients of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” and the “Outstanding Contribution Award”