Director of the Bridge Engineering Safety and Resilience Laboratory, Professor at the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, andChief Scientist of China Merchants GroupDu Xiuliwas awarded the title of "National Advanced Worker." These honors are not onlyan affirmation of the individual worker's striving, but also the fruitful achievements of the College in deeply cultivating talent and nurturing craftsmen of the era.

Professor Du Xiuli, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering,Director of the Bridge Engineering Safety and Resilience Laboratory,Professor at Beijing University of Technology,Chief Scientist of China Merchants Group, doctoral supervisor, academic leader of the civil engineering discipline, and head of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Innovative Research Group on "Seismic Resistance and Damping Control of Major Engineering Structures." Professor Du Xiuli has long been engaged in engineering seismic research and has made outstanding contributions in basic theories and methods such as strong ground motion models and design ground motion estimation, structural dynamics and wave dynamics, structure-foundation dynamic coupling analysis, and nonlinear static and dynamic characteristics of geotechnical materials and reinforced concrete members, as well as in key technical challenges and engineering practice applications of seismic design and analysis for large structures such as high dams, nuclear power plants, bridges, and underground engineering. He has presided over 6 major national projects, received 5 Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and 4 First Prizes of Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards. He has been funded by national and Beijing municipal talent programs such as the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the Beijing Scholar program. He was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor of the Changjiang Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education, and received honorary titles such as National Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow and National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker, and was selected as a Beijing Strategic Scientist. In 2012 he was awarded the title of "Beijing Outstanding Teacher," and in 2020 and 2022 he received respectively the "Beijing University Outstanding Undergraduate Education Team" and the "Beijing Outstanding Graduate Supervisor Team." The practical achievement "Construction of an Innovative Top-notch Talent System for Civil Engineering Based on the Generalized Engineering View" proposed by the discipline under his leadership won the First Prize of Beijing Teaching Achievement Award.In line with the needs of major national engineering construction, Professor Du Xiuli has actively participated in promoting and undertaking the initiation and research of multiple national-level major science and technology research projects in the field of urban and major engineering seismic resistance and disaster reduction, making outstanding contributions to solving key technical challenges in seismic safety in the construction of major energy and transportation infrastructure projects in China. In 2024, he led the organization (as project leader) and successfully applied for the major project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, "Basic Theory and Methods of Seismic Immunity for Urban Lifeline Engineering Systems."

The "National Advanced Worker" title is selected every five years and is an award issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council to commend workers across all industries and fronts nationwide who have made major contributions and achieved outstanding results. It is the highest tribute to our country's workers!

Craftsmanship is passed down to nurture students, and the torch is carried forward to write new chapters. Professor Du Xiuli has won this honor, and with unwavering conviction, a diligent attitude, and a spirit of pursuing excellence, he has written with his striving a contemporary answer sheet of "passing on the torch and establishing new achievements"! This relay of honor fully demonstrates the original aspiration inheritance of the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering to "educate talent for the Party and cultivate talent for the country." In the future, more outstanding talents will emerge from this fertile ground of innovation, reflecting a spiritual landscape of the torch being passed on and endless vitality!