| Mr | Xiaowei | Wang | Nanjing Tech University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Creep-fatigue; Creep; Microstructural damage | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Bing | Yang | State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Additive manufacturing, Fatigue and fracture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zhi-he | Dou | School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Synthesis and Preparation of Metal Materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bende | Luo | South China University of Technology | China | Control and automation | Legged Robot | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zhuo | Chen | Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | Multiphase flow and mass transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sansan | Ao | Tianjin University | China | Welding Processes | Effect of heat source parameters on weld formation and defects of oscillating laser-TIG hybrid welding in horizontal position | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jun | Hao | Northeastern University | China | Other | Metallurgical engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yong | Xiao | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Welding Processes | Low-temperature soldering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | yanyun | Zhang | Northeastern University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Welding Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zhiyong | Mao | Tianjin university of technology | China | Joining of advanced materials | Energy storage and devices. | Best Innovation Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhiqiang | Dong | Southeast University | China | Welding Processes | Civil engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kun | Liu | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology | China | Advanced welding | Diffusion bonding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chenwei | Shao | Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Fatigue and Fracture | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Zhanpeng | Du | Jiangsu University | China | Joining of advanced materials | Self-piercing riveting | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yoshio | Utaka | Tianjin University | China | Weld pool solidification | Heat transfer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Miao | Yu | Nanjing University | China | Other | Microfluid cooling | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Lei | Guo | Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Admin | China | Joining of advanced materials | Steel-Concrete Composite Structures; Enerdy Dissipation Device | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhang | Long | Chongqing University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hudan | Tang | Henan Polytechnical University | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Damage propagation and microstructure geometry/ Mechanical and mathematical models/ Stability analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tong | Qiu | Shenzhen University | China | Evaluation | Mechanical properties evaluation of welded assembled joints | Best Researcher Award |