The list of 2014 National Science and Technology Awards was published at the National Science and Technology Awards Conference 2014 on the morning of Jan. 9, 2015. New Technologies and Applications of Buildings' Translation in the Renovation Project, a program co-completed by SCET adjunct professor Li Guoxiong, won the 2nd prize of State Technological Invention Award.

Introduction of adjunct professor Li Guoxiong
Dr Li Guoxiong is an SCET adjunct professor, the legal representative and the chairman of Guangzhou Luban Construction Group, professorate senior engineer, national A-level registered structural engineer, expert in special structures and geotechnical engineering, and conservation expert in Guangdong Province. He once worked as a teacher after graduating from SCUT in 1989, and in 1991 he created the first high-tech architecture enterprise in China. Mr Li has won many honorary titles, such as the "Guangdong Province Outstanding Technology Entrepreneurs" (in 1996), "National Construction Technology Innovation Advanced Individual" (in 2000), "China's Outstanding Private Technology Entrepreneur" (in 2007), and "Science and Technology Innovation Advanced Individual of China Association of Construction Enterprise Management" (in 2007), and even boarded the podium of the Guinness World Records, becoming "No. 1 in Building Translation in China." He was the first editor of the Codes of Excavation in Guangdong Provincial, editor of the Codes of Excavation in China, and winner of many Scientific and Technological Progress Awards, concluding a Science and Technology Progress Award in Guangdong Provincial Construction of Systems, a third prize of Science and Technology Award conferred by Guangdong Province People's Government, an appraisal certificate of scientific and technological achievements issued by the State Ministry of Construction, three Science and Technology Progress Award issued by Zhongshan Municipal People's Government, an appraisal certificate of scientific and technological achievements issued by the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Department, and three Science and Technology Progress Award issued by the Institute of Civil Engineering in Guangdong Provinces. Dr Li hosted and participated in over 20 patents authorized and protected by State Intellectual Property Office of China and won 20 science and technology achievement awards at district, municipalities and province levels.