The 2021 Fudan Management Forum & The Award Ceremony for Fudan Premium Fund of Management was held in Shanghai on November 26.
Xu Qingrui, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at School of Management of Zhejiang University, was awarded “Fudan Award for Lifetime Achievement in Management Science 2021”.“Fudan Prize for Eminent Contributions to Management Science 2021” was shared by three winners: Li Yijun, professor at School of Economics and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Zeng Dajun, researcher of Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhang Wei, University Chair Professor at Tianjin University. “Fudan Prize for Eminent Contributions to Business Management 2021” went to Cao Dewang, founder and chairperson of Fuyao Group.
Xu Qingrui: winner of “Fudan Award for Lifetime Achievement in Management Science 2021”
Xu Qingrui is the first scholar in China to propose “enterprises must become the key driving force of technological innovation”. Xu has built a theoretical system of technology innovation management with Chinese characteristics using the concepts of secondary innovation, portfolio innovation and total innovation. Xu and his team offered constructive advice on the reform of Hangzhou Oxygen Plant Group after carrying out an in-depth investigation, greatly boosting its technology innovation capability. Having worked in Haier Group for over 10 years, Xu helped Haier establish a total innovation management system and build a platform for technology innovation. He also promoted the establishment of the discipline of “Industrial Management and Engineering” and the major of “Technology Innovation Management” in Zhejiang University, bringing together the first batch of technology innovation management talents in China.
Li Yijun: winner of “Fudan Prize for Eminent Contributions to Management Science 2021”
Li Yijun is engaged in the research of management information system and decision support system. He proposed the theory of systematic decision support in enterprise production management and developed the “Three Gorges Project Management Information System”, coordinating different resources to meet different needs and cracking problems in distributed data processing, information sharing and system integration across multiple platforms. He has also been committed to fostering the development of management research through facilitating the establishment of the discipline of economic science and carrying out data panel survey projects in management science.
Zeng Dajun: winner of “Fudan Prize for Eminent Contributions to Management Science 2021”
Zeng Dajun is dedicated to developing and applying big data analysis and artificial intelligence technology to cope with challenges in areas such as e-commerce, media and communications, public safety, public health and emergency response. He introduced complex networks modeling and analysis techniques to design and evaluate a wide range of automated recommendation algorithms. In the field of distributed artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems, his work is among the first to develop an integrated information processing and decision making framework with wide applicabilty.
Zhang Wei: winner of “Fudan Prize for Eminent Contributions to Management Science 2021”
Zhang Wei is one of the first scholars engaged in education and research of financial engineering in China. His research interest covers financial engineering, financial big data analytics and computational experimental finance. Based on the real demands from the status of the domestic markets in China, he identified several new pricing factors, and proposed a set of standardized procedures and analytical framework for the application of real option approaches to the assessment of project investment. He also constructed a large-scale, multi-agent-based and parallel computing platform of financial markets, reflecting the unique features of Chinese financial market.
Cao Dewang: winner of “Fudan Prize for Eminent Contributions to Business Management”
Committed to manufacturing quality glass for Chinese people, Cao Dewang has been working in the automobile glass manufacturing industry as the Chairman of Fuyao Group for over 30 years. He is the first private entrepreneur in China to introduce the independent board director system, international accounting firms and professional managers in enterprise operations. Under his leadership, Fuyao has now grown into the world's largest integrated solution provider of automotive glass and trim parts.
Wang Jiarui, vice chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), chairman of China Soong Ching Ling Foundation and chairman of China Welfare Institute presented awards to the recipients. Wu Qidi, former vice minister of the Ministry of Education and chair of the judging panel of Fudan Premium Fund of Management, announced the winners.
Yu Lijuan, vice chair of CPPCC Shanghai Committee, and Jiao Yang, chair of Fudan University Council and Fudan Premium Fund of Management made speeches at the ceremony. Jin Li, president of Fudan University and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences delivered welcome remarks. Lawrence J. Lau, honorary chairman of Fudan Premium Fund of Management and former president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, delivered a speech via a video link. Wang Jiming, secretary general of Fudan Premium Fund of Management and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, presided over the ceremony.
Initiated by China’s former Vice Premier Li Lanqing, the fund has been honoring outstanding scholars and entrepreneurs since 2006. It advocates that management theories should conform to national conditions of the country and be closely combined with practice to promote the long-term development of management science in China.
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Source: Fudan Premium Fund of Management
