On June 23, at the closing ceremony of the SXRDC2022 Upward Digital Conference, the Upward Digital Conference Organizing Committee announced the first batch of winners of the first Upward Award: President of the Chinese Artificial Intelligence Society Principle, Chairman of the International Information Research Society Zhong Yixin won the Lifetime Achievement Award for his original contribution to basic innovation in artificial intelligence and proposing the artificial intelligence paradigm revolution; Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Wu Hequan for his special contribution to digital communication technology research and promoting the innovative development of the Internet in China Receive the Shanxi Special Achievement Award; the Shanxi Lifetime Achievement Award and the Special Achievement Award are only awarded to one person each term. The first Shangxi Business Achievement Award was awarded to Zhang Ruimin (win-win business model innovation of Rendanhe).
The Upcoming Research Award focuses on recognizing and awarding individuals or teams that have achieved major pioneering achievements in the fields of basic research, applied basic research, and cross-scientific research, aiming to promote scientific research and cultivate talents. Ge Linfu, from Southwest Jiaotong University, won the first Mathematics Award for his strong fighting spirit and research spirit in solving Goldbach's conjecture using the philosophy of contradiction. Zhang Yugui from Shanghai International Studies University won the first Shanghai Economics Award for his proposal to build and create a "high frontier" for China's economy, finance and trade as soon as possible. The Shanghai Mathematics Award and the Economics Award are only awarded to one person each time. The first Upcoming Metaverse Award was awarded to Tan Jianrong (academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, who proposed the concept of the digital space of the Metaverse and the five major applications of the Metaverse), and Gao Zelong (the author of the first domestic science fiction novel "Metaverse 2086" with the Metaverse concept).
