On November 27, the city's science and technology conference was held. The conference presented awards to scientists and award-winning project representatives who won the 2023 Dalian Science and Technology Award. Yi Baolian, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and researcher of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, won the highest science and technology award in the city, and 56 projects won the Municipal Natural Science Award, the Municipal Technological Invention Award and the Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award.

The 2023 Dalian Science and Technology Awards established the city's highest science and technology award for the first time, which will be selected every two years. Academician Yi Baolian, who won the award this time, is one of the main founders, pioneer and leader of my country's fuel cell technology. He proposed the "wind, solar and hydrogen complementation" research and development technology route for the first time and completed the development of the first megawatt-level hydrogen energy demonstration project in China. It has greatly promoted the construction of my country's fuel cell standardization system.

The 2023 Dalian Science and Technology Award will add the Municipal Natural Science Award on the basis of the Municipal Technology Invention Award and the Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award. The Municipal Natural Science Award is awarded to individuals who clarify natural phenomena, characteristics and laws and make major scientific discoveries in basic research and applied basic research; The Municipal Technological Invention Award is awarded to individuals who use scientific and technological knowledge to make major inventions such as products, processes, materials and systems; The Science and Technology Progress Award is awarded to individuals and organizations who have completed, applied and popularized innovative scientific and technological achievements and made outstanding contributions to promoting scientific and technological progress and economic and social development. According to the provisions of the "Dalian Science and Technology Award Measures", two achievements such as "Marine Structure Foundation Stability Analysis and Reliability Safety Evaluation Method" were awarded the first prize of the municipal natural science, and three achievements such as "Intelligent Interpretation Theory and Method of Remote Sensing Images Based on Deep Learning" were awarded the second prize of the municipal natural science. Awarded the third prize of municipal natural science for three achievements including "Multi-scale theory and method of high-density thermal energy storage"; Awarded the first prize of municipal technological invention for two achievements such as "Key Technology and Application of Proton Exchange Membrane Hydrogen-Air Fuel Cell", the second prize of municipal technological invention for two achievements such as "Technology and Application of Dual-band Wideband Beam Antenna", and the third prize of municipal technological invention for two achievements such as "Multi-modal Intelligent Interactive Bionic Humanoid Robot"; Awarded the first prize of Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award for 8 achievements including "Research and Application of Collaborative Control Technology for Ultra-low Emission of Coke Oven Flue Gas Pollutants", and awarded the first prize of Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award for 13 achievements including "Topological Structure Molecular Sieve Synthesis Technology and Industrial Application of Exhaust Gas Denitrification". Second Prize for Progress, Awarded the third prize of Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award for 21 achievements such as "Full-scale Multi-parameter Testing Device for Mechanical Seal of Nuclear Main Pump".