Professor Fan Daidi Awarded the 2024 Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation

On December 3, 2024, the 2024 Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Awards Ceremony was held in Beijing. Ding Xuexiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the ceremony. A total of 56 scientists and technologists were honored with the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize this year. Among them, Professor Fan Daidi, Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering at Northwest University and Chief Scientist at Giant Biogene, was awarded the 2024 Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation “Science and Technology Innovation Award” in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the advancement and innovation of science and technology in China.

Professor Fan Daidi is a renowned expert in the field of biochemical engineering in China. She has long been engaged in research on medical macromolecular proteins aimed at addressing major national needs and safeguarding public health, and she is a pioneer in the field of recombinant collagen in China.

Professor Fan Daidi has made outstanding contributions to leading the development of the recombinant collagen industry. By focusing on key technologies in the biosynthesis of recombinant collagen, she designed functionally biomimetic and structurally-functionally dual-biomimetic low-immunogenicity recombinant collagen, achieving full-chain innovation from molecular design to product engineering. She developed a series of low-immunogenicity collagen products, potent ginsenosides, and related medical products. These medical products have been clinically applied in more than 1,000 public hospitals across China, meeting diverse public needs in the fields of beauty and health.

Furthermore, as the principal investigator, Professor Fan Daidi has received one Second Prize of the National Technological Invention Award, one China Patent Gold Award, and four First Prizes of Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Awards. She has been honored with titles and awards including “China’s Most Beautiful Scientific and Technological Worker,” the First National Innovation Excellence Award, and the Special Contribution Award of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Development Award. She has led major scientific research projects such as the National High-Tech Industrialization Demonstration Project, the National “863” Program, and the National Key R&D Program. Professor Fan holds 142 authorized invention patents, has obtained 24 medical product registration certificates, published more than 500 academic papers, and authored or co-authored nine monographs and books.