Chen Liquan Awarded China's Highest Scientific and Technological Honor

[Technical Honor] Academician Chen Liquan, known as the 'Father of Chinese Lithium Batteries,' has been awarded the 2025 State Preeminent Science and Technology Award.

Core Development: 86-year-old Chen Liquan Becomes the Founding Figure of China's Lithium Battery Industry

In 1976, after encountering lithium nitride batteries in Germany, Chen decisively shifted his research focus to solid-state ionics. Upon returning to China, he pioneered domestic lithium battery research, leading his team to manually assemble China’s first lithium battery and overcome multiple critical technological bottlenecks, propelling China’s lithium battery industry to global leadership.

Strategic Foundation: Three Pivotal Breakthroughs That Reshaped the Future of New Energy

From establishing a research system from scratch to mentoring top-tier talents such as Zeng Yuqun, Li Hong, and Huang Xuejie, Chen Liquan’s nearly half-century of dedication has laid the cornerstone for China’s global competitiveness in power batteries.