Great News! EASY-SIGHT Wins the Industry’s First Second Prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award

On the morning of July 8, the 2025 National Science and Technology Awards Conference was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The project “Integrated Technologies and Equipment for Disaster Prevention, Control, and Trenchless Rehabilitation of Urban Underground Drainage Pipelines”, led by the team of Academician Wang Fuming from Zhengzhou University and jointly submitted by core research institutions including Sun Yat-sen University, Yangtze Ecology and Environment Co., Ltd., and Wuhan EASY-SIGHT Technology Co., Ltd., was awarded the Second Prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award.

This marks the first time that an enterprise in China’s pipeline network industry has received this prestigious national science and technology award. Mr. Zheng Hongbiao, General Manager of EASY-SIGHT and one of the project’s principal contributors, was also recognized as a key recipient of the award.

An Integrated Solution for the Entire Pipeline Life Cycle

The award-winning project focuses on the operation and maintenance requirements of pipeline networks throughout their entire life cycle. It replaces traditional large-scale excavation methods with an integrated system covering pipeline inspection and diagnosis, disaster prevention and control, trenchless rehabilitation, and emergency response.

Through minimally invasive, environmentally friendly, and highly efficient technologies, the project provides a comprehensive solution for identifying, preventing, repairing, and maintaining urban underground pipeline failures and structural risks.

The technologies and equipment developed through the project have already been widely applied in thousands of major engineering projects, including the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, municipal pipeline networks across China, and expressway infrastructure projects. Thousands of kilometers of pipelines have been successfully rehabilitated using these solutions.

The complete technology system significantly reduces road excavation, traffic disruption, and environmental damage while shortening construction periods and lowering overall project costs. It has generated considerable social and economic benefits in urban flood prevention, resilient underground infrastructure development, and municipal pipeline management.

One of China’s Highest National Science and Technology Honors

The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award is one of China’s highest national honors for scientific and technological achievement, established by the State Council.

Candidate projects undergo a rigorous evaluation process involving preliminary industry review, interdisciplinary reassessment, and final expert evaluation. In recent years, the assessment criteria have become increasingly stringent.

First prizes are generally awarded to major engineering projects and core technologies that support national development, public welfare, and critical infrastructure. Previous award-winning fields have included crewed spaceflight, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, Fuxing high-speed trains, ultra-high-voltage power transmission, hybrid rice breeding, and the prevention and control of major infectious diseases.

To receive a second prize, a project must demonstrate major innovations in key technologies, achieve an overall internationally advanced technical level, possess strong potential for large-scale implementation, and deliver significant social and economic benefits.

Advancing Through Innovation

This prestigious recognition represents both an important milestone and a new starting point for EASY-SIGHT.

Looking ahead, EASY-SIGHT will continue to support China’s strategies for strengthening advanced manufacturing and promoting new industrialization. The company will further increase investment in core technology research and development, improve its full-life-cycle operation and maintenance solutions for pipeline networks, and strengthen the safety of urban underground infrastructure through technological innovation.

EASY-SIGHT remains committed to supporting the comprehensive management of urban water environments and contributing to the development of safer, more resilient, and more sustainable cities.