The Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award is an engineering science and technology award administered by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and it has been presented to Chinese engineering science and technology experts every two years since 1996 to commend their important contributions and outstanding achievements made in the fields of engineering science and technology and engineering management. Moreover, it is also the highest award in the Chinese engineering industry established by Chinese social forces, which covers nine professional fields including: “Mechanical and Transportation Engineering”; “Information and Electronic Engineering”; “Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering”; “Energy and Mineral Engineering”; “Civil, Water Conservancy and Construction Engineering”; “Environment and Textile Engineering”; “Agriculture”; “Medicine and Health” as well as “Engineering Management”. The Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) was invited to serve as the nominating unit of the Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award of the Macao Special Administrative Region in 2019 to recommend qualified candidates from Macao to apply for the award.
Professor Hu Jinlian from the Department of Biomedical Engineering has been conferred the 15th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), in recognition of her contributions to textile materials science.