Li Yijun, a professor in economics and management at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Heilongjiang province, received the Fudan prize for eminent contributions to management science for his achievements in management system construction.

Li has been devoted to exploring theories and methods of supporting enterprise production management. By integrating data processing technology and management models, he led the country in the research of system optimization methods used for market forecasting in enterprises to allocate resources.

This award was shared with Zeng Dajun, a researcher at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhang Wei, a professor from Tianjin University.

Zeng has been honored for his contribution to solving challenges infields such as e-commerce, social security, public health and emergency management, through the use of big data analysis and artificial intelligence. Zhang, on the other hand, has been lauded for his role in the creation of standardized procedures and mathematical models used in the application of real option games in finance.