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Recently, the list of candidates for the 2022 Most Beautiful Science and Technology Workers, hosted by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the China Association for Science and Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, was released. Zhang Jinxun, President of the Deep Foundation and Underground Space Engineering Branch of the China Construction Industry Association, was selected as a candidate of the China Civil Engineering Society.

Zhang Jinxun

Candidate of the China Civil Engineering Society

Deputy General Manager and Professor-level Senior Engineer of Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd.

Zhang Jinxun, male, born in May 1967, Han ethnicity, a native of Linfen City, Shanxi Province, and a member of the Communist Party of China.

Zhang Jinxun, male, born in May 1967, a member of the Communist Party of China, a professor-level senior engineer, Deputy General Manager and Chief Engineering Officer of Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1995 with a doctoral degree in engineering and joined Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd.

He has been engaged in scientific and technological work for 27 years, always focusing on scientific and technological innovation and working on the front lines of engineering construction and technological research for many years. From the renovation of Tiananmen Square to the Beijing Yintai Center, from the Beijing Summer Olympics projects to the Winter Olympics projects, from the emergency construction of Xiaotangshan Hospital to the Red Ribbon at Tiananmen Square, from the Xiangshan Memorial Hall to the Museum of the Communist Party of China, from Beijing subway projects to the New Shougang Bridge, one after another world-renowned new landmark embodies his dedicated craftsmanship. He has presided over scientific and technological research for a large number of major projects, won the National Science and Technology Progress Award twice, was selected for the National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project, and was rated as an outstanding chief engineer of China's construction industry during the 12th and 13th Five-Year Plan periods, an outstanding chief engineer of the China Civil Engineering Society, a Beijing Scholar, and a recipient of special government allowances from the State Council. Growing from a grassroots engineer into a scientific and technological expert, he has used technology to lead enterprise development and innovation to set the industry benchmark.

Taking Root on the Front Line and Achieving Outstanding Results

After graduating with his doctorate and leaving the ivory tower, Zhang Jinxun chose Beijing Urban Construction Group, which carries the bloodline of the military, and chose the construction front line of reinforced steel, concrete, wind and sun. It is precisely this grassroots tempering of taking root on the front line and working hard that prompted him to achieve outstanding results step by step.

He was successively responsible for the technical work of the Tiananmen Square renovation project, enabling Tiananmen Square to welcome the 50th birthday of the Republic with a new look; presided over the completion of the Israeli Embassy in China project, creating a precedent for a domestic contractor to directly sign a construction contract for a foreign embassy in China with a foreign government; and presided over the completion of the Shandong Zaozhuang Administrative Center District project, exploring the design-build general contracting model. In 2003, he served as project manager and chief engineer of the Beijing Yintai Center project. With its 249.9 meters as the tallest all-steel structure building in China at that time, the Beijing Yintai Center became the focus of attention. In the absence of referable experience in China, he led the team to carry out technological research, innovatively developed super high-rise all-steel structure construction technology and super high-rise reinforced concrete composite structure construction technology, created the "Yintai Speed," built the then tallest building in Beijing, created a shining名片 for the tallest building on Chang'an Avenue, and established the "Beijing Urban Construction" brand in the super high-rise field.

Leader in Scientific and Technological Research

Zhang Jinxun has long been committed to engineering practice and scientific and technological innovation, and has made outstanding contributions to scientific and technological research for major national projects.

In 2006, Zhang Jinxun took full charge of the company's technical work, precisely during the sprint period of Beijing Urban Construction's Olympic projects. The Olympic projects represented by the Bird's Nest were unprecedented in difficulty and level. He proposed the technological innovation concept of "combining independent innovation with integrated innovation, combining independent research with external resources, and combining enterprise talent with external experts," presided over scientific research for the Olympic projects, went deep into the site to study conditions, solved many major technical problems, and provided strong technical support and guarantees for the full realization of the "Five Unifications" of Olympic project construction. As the company's technical leader for 15 years, he practiced personally and presided over technical work for major projects such as the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics project cluster represented by the National Stadium, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics project cluster represented by the National Speed Skating Oval, the Beijing Daxing International Airport terminal building, the National Museum of China, the Museum of the Communist Party of China, the Maldives International Airport, and the New Shougang Bridge. A series of innovative research and key technology breakthroughs filled a number of domestic and international technological gaps.

Leader in Innovative Development

Zhang Jinxun often says that innovation is a race with only a starting point and no finish line, and innovation is the soul of enterprise competition.

He is committed to innovation and leads the team to overcome difficulties in the fields of large-scale complex structures in building engineering and subway and underground engineering, achieving important breakthroughs in major technologies, major equipment, and major projects. They have formed core innovative technologies of Beijing Urban Construction Group, including comprehensive technology for sports venue projects represented by the National Stadium Bird's Nest, comprehensive technology for airport terminal projects represented by Terminal 3 of Capital Airport, comprehensive technology for large museum projects represented by the National Museum of China and the Museum of the Communist Party of China, comprehensive technology for urban rail transit projects represented by shield tunneling technology in sandy gravel strata, and construction technology for ocean coral sand island and reef projects represented by the Maldives Airport expansion and renovation. These have enhanced the core competitiveness of Beijing Urban Construction Group in the engineering construction field and provided technical guarantees for the company's high-quality development. He presided over and participated in the compilation of multiple national standards such as the "Construction Standard for Subway Engineering," demonstrating the highest level of the industry, promoting industry technological progress, and making outstanding contributions to China's engineering construction technology ranking among the world's leaders.‍