On April 30, the Communist Youth League Central Committee and the All-China Youth Federation jointly presented the 2025 New Era Youth Pioneer Award, with 677 people across the country receiving the honor. Liu Xingyi, assistant general manager of Weichai Power under Shandong Heavy Industry Group and vice president of the Weichai Central Research Institute, as well as president of the Electric Control Research Institute, was awarded the "New Era Youth Pioneer Award".

2025 New Era Youth Pioneer Award winners

As an outstanding leader in the field of engine electronic control research and development at Weichai, Liu Xingyi has been awarded a series of honorary titles, including the Model Worker of Shandong Province and the Shandong Province Labor Medal for Enriching the People and Revitalizing Shandong. In recent years, he has led his team to venture into the "uncharted territory" of technology, being the first in the industry to initiate the research and development of an independent electronic control system. They have completed the development of 73 independent electronic control products in total, accumulating advantageous experience in intelligent algorithms, software development, and hardware development. Among them, the WISE series of electronic control units independently developed by the team have been widely applied and matched, driving the progress of the technological level of China's internal combustion engine industry, breaking the foreign technological monopoly, completely reversing the situation of lacking "chips" in China's commercial vehicle field, creating a unique core competitiveness for the high-quality development of enterprises, and installing the "most powerful brain" for China's power.

For many years, Shandong Heavy Industry Group has always attached great importance to the construction of a young talent team, committed to building a highland for the aggregation of young talents, promoting the development of the enterprise through the growth of young people, and cultivating pioneering forces for the development of the national equipment manufacturing industry. From the high thermal efficiency diesel engine development team, the "Three Highs" test team, the "Lightning Strike Team" of Sinotruk, the "Three Summers Service Team" of Weichai Lovol, to the "Battery Hero" of Zhongtong Bus, the young people of Shandong Heavy Industry have taken on their responsibilities with determination and fulfilled their youthful vows through concrete actions. A large number of outstanding young engineers, young craftsmen, job experts and technical leaders have emerged. It has laid a solid talent foundation for the high-quality and rapid development of the enterprise.