Recently, the 7th Membership Representative Assembly of the China Association of Young Scientific and Technological Workers was held in Beijing. Wang Zhizhen, Vice Chairman of the 11th CPPCC National Committee and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, attended the event. Ke Dong, First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and Chen Jiachang, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, also attended and delivered speeches. More than 300 association representatives participated in the conference, during which Professor Zhang Desheng from the Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology of our university was selected as a member of the 7th Association, based on his outstanding contributions and innovative abilities in the field of hydraulic machinery. Zhang also joined the Specialized Committee on Science and Technology Transformation, Intelligent Manufacturing, and New Materials.

The assembly focused on deeply studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts on youth work and technological innovation. It called for the broadest organization, mobilization, and unification of young scientific and technological workers, encouraging them to contribute with greater youthful enthusiasm, stronger determination, and smarter innovation and creativity, and to act as pioneers and vanguards in advancing Chinese-style modernization.

Founded in 1993, the China Association of Young Scientific and Technological Workers serves as a bridge linking young scientists and the Party and government. It is a voluntarily formed, independent non-profit social organization with corporate legal status and is a group member of the All-China Youth Federation. The association aims to unite and guide young scientific and technological talents, promoting technological innovation and development.

Professor Zhang Desheng has long been committed to the study of design theories in hydraulic machinery and hydrodynamics. He has led over 20 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program, and the Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund. His achievements have earned six provincial and ministerial-level first and second prizes. Zhang has made significant academic innovations in nonlinear circulation design theories for hydraulic machinery, cavitation multiphase flow, and deep-sea oil and gas mixed transport. His research results have been successfully applied in major projects such as the world’s largest cascade pump station group in the South-to-North Water Diversion Eastern Route Project, the inter-basin water diversion project of the Yangtze-Huai River Water Diversion Project, and key water conservancy projects in Thailand, Vietnam, and India along the Belt and Road Initiative. He has received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, been selected as a national-level young talent by the Ministry of Education, won the Fok Ying Tung Higher Education Young Teacher Award, and been included in the global top 2% list of leading scientists. Zhang’s contributions have significantly advanced China’s hydraulic machinery innovation and its application in major engineering projects. His selection for the association not only reflects recognition of his personal research capabilities but also affirms the university’s remarkable achievements in cultivating young scientific talents and driving technological innovation.