From December 5th to 6th, the National Agricultural Machinery Industry Work Conference was held in Beijing. The conference commended individuals who have made outstanding contributions to China's agricultural machinery industry during the 40 years of reform and opening up. Agricultural machinery experts from 15 units were selected for the 40 years of reform and opening up of China's agricultural machinery industry meritorious people medals. And Jiangsu University Chair, Prof. Yuan Shouqi was gloriously selected, which reflects his outstanding achievements and important position in the field of agricultural machinery.

Prof. Yuan Shouqi is a well-known agricultural mechanization engineering expert in China. For more than 30 years, he has been committed to scientific research and personnel training of irrigation and drainage machinery and water-saving equipment. A number of major innovations have been made in key technologies such as the theory and key technologies of agricultural submersible pumps, the theory and key technologies of high-efficiency centrifugal pumps and new agricultural water-saving irrigation equipment. They have been promoted and applied throughout the country, which made important contributions to innovation and improvement of China's irrigation and drainage machinery and water-saving equipment, ensuring agricultural drought and flood protection, and stable production and high yield.

It is reported that Prof. Luo Xiwen, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Wang Guimin, Chairman of Lovol Heavy Industries Corporation, and Zhao Yushui, Chairman of China YTO Group Corporation are all alumni of Jiangsu University. This fully demonstrates that the talents cultivated by Jiangsu University have made outstanding contributions to the development of China's agricultural machinery industry in different positions.