Shenzhen, 21 March 2026—The GEM 2026 Postdoctoral Final Report and Postdoctoral Research Proposal Seminar was successfully held at GEM’s Shenzhen headquarters on March 21.

A total of 17 postdoctoral fellows participated in the defense. Experts and scholars from leading institutions, including Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Shenzhen University, gathered to witness GEM’s significant achievements in high-end talent development and deep integration of industry, academia, and research.

The seminar was attended by Professor Li Jizhen, Chairman of the Board and Party Secretary of Tsinghua University Asset Management Company and Deputy Director of the Tsinghua University Research Center for Technological Innovation; Professor Li Baohua from Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School; Professor Yin Huayi from Wuhan University; Professor Wang Dong from Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen); Professors Yu Mingzhu, Ren Xiangzhong, and Liu Jianhong from Shenzhen University; and Professor Xu Kaihua, Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Electronic Waste Recycling, Director of the Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of National Energy Metal Resources and New Materials, and Chairman of GEM Co., Ltd. The panel of experts conducted rigorous evaluations and provided insightful guidance on the fellows’ research achievements.

▲ GEM held the 2026 Postdoctoral Final Report and 2026 Postdoctoral Research Proposal Seminar

As a supervising mentor of the GEM Postdoctoral Research Station, Professor Xu Kaihua began his speech by expressing sincere gratitude to the universities, research institutes, experts, and professors who have long supported GEM’s postdoctoral training programs.

Professor Xu Kaihua highlighted the achievements of the GEM Postdoctoral Research Station since its establishment over a decade ago, noting that it has trained more than 60 postdoctoral fellows and become a key driver of the company’s innovation capabilities. He said the program has contributed to major technological breakthroughs and underpinned GEM’s transformation, industrial upgrading, and global expansion. Beyond supporting corporate innovation, he added, the research station also plays a strategic role in advancing national priorities and strengthening core competitiveness.

As 2026 marks the beginning of the 15th Five-Year Plan period, Professor Xu highlighted that GEM’s postdoctoral training should align closely with major national needs. This includes advancing the recycling of critical metals—such as nickel, cobalt, tungsten, gallium, germanium, and indium—to safeguard strategic resource security, promoting power lithium battery recycling to establish a “from green to green” lifecycle for new energy, and strengthening the core manufacturing of new energy materials, particularly in areas such as ultra-high energy density materials and solid-state battery technologies. He stressed that these efforts are essential to supporting the industrialization of solid-state lithium batteries.

GEM’s postdoctoral training efforts must focus on key innovations aligned with major national needs: first, the recycling of key metals, focusing on nickel, cobalt, tungsten, gallium, germanium, indium, and others to ensure the security of national strategic resources; second, power lithium battery recycling to close the “from green to green” lifecycle loop for new energy; and third, the core manufacturing of new energy materials, tackling key technologies in areas such as ultra-high energy density materials and solid-state battery materials—a challenge to be pursued with determination to make a critical contribution to the industrialization of solid-state lithium batteries.

Professor Xu also underscored the importance of cultivating interdisciplinary talent with both technical and managerial expertise. To this end, GEM will collaborate with Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management to systematically develop future management leaders, providing a solid talent foundation for its ambition to become a world-class enterprise with a scale of RMB 100 billion.

▲ Professor Xu Kaihua, Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Electronic Waste Recycling, Director of the Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of National Energy Metal Resources and New Materials, and Chairman of GEM Co., Ltd., delivers a speech

In his remarks, Professor Li Jizhen expressed both familiarity and admiration during his visit to GEM’s Shenzhen headquarters. He praised GEM’s strong integration of technological dan industrial innovation, noting that enterprises are increasingly encouraged to play a leading role in national science and technology development.

As a leading enterprise in the circular economy and new energy materials sectors, GEM exemplifies this role. Professor Li also emphasized that in the era of artificial intelligence, management must keep pace with—or even anticipate—technological advancements.

By introducing management expertise from leading institutions such as Tsinghua University, GEM has fostered an environment that support innovation and creativity.

He expressed his expectation for deeper collaboration between Tsinghua University and GEM, particularly in management development and the commercialization of scientific research, to support GEM’s vision of becoming a world-class enterprise and a Global Fortune 500 company.

▲ Professor Li Jizhen, Chairman of the Board and Party Secretary of Tsinghua University Asset Management Company and Deputy Director of the Tsinghua University Research Center for Technological Innovation, delivers a speech

The seminar was organized into two sessions: Economics and Management, and Metallurgy, Chemistry, and Materials.

In the Economics and Management session, Dr. Fang Di (a graduate of University College London), a postdoctoral fellow jointly trained by Tsinghua University and GEM, presented her final report titled “Research on the ESG Value of Global Supply Chains.” Using GEM as a case study, her research examined internal mechanisms of corporate ESG value chains and provided a systematic framework for ESG practices within green industrial chain. The research’s value was highly praised by the attending experts. Following review by the evaluation committee comprising experts such as Professor Li Jizhen, Professor Wang Dong, and Professor Yu Mingzhu, Dr. Fang Di completed her postdoctoral program with a grade of “Excellent.”

▲ Group photo of the Economics and Management postdoctoral final report review committee with Dr. Fang Di

In the technical session, eight postdoctoral fellows presented their research, covering topics such as hydrogen catalysis materials, solid-state battery materials, sodium-ion battery cathodes, lithium resource utilization, and nickel-cobalt extraction technologies. Those eight postdoctoral fellows including Xie Congkun, Wan Wenjing, Yin Kangling, Xu Weicheng, Huang Zhe, Ji Rui, Zhang Zhili, and Zhi Wenke. Their works demonstrated strong alignment with GEM’s core research priorities and highlighted the close integration between industrial needs and academic research.

Following comprehensive evaluations, Professor Li Baohua, Chair of the Evaluation Committee awarded all eight postdoctoral fellows with a grade of “Excellent.”

Meanwhile, eight newly admitted postdoctoral fellows presented their research proposals in areas including high-energy-density materials, solid-state battery technologies, green hydrogen, and high-entropy alloys. Those fellows including Deng Bohan, Chen Huanhui, Wang Min, Zhou Xiangxing, Chen Mengjiong, Deng Yiquan, Xia Baokai, and Li Xiaoqiao.

Their proposals reflected both global industry trends and national priorities, combining academic expertise with practical industrial applications. After detailed review, the expert panel unanimously approved all proposals and provided forward-looking guidance for future research.

▲ Professor Li Baohua (from Tsinghua University), Chair of the Research Proposal Evaluation Committee, provides comments on the presentations

▲ Group photo of the postdoctoral fellows (exiting and entering) with the evaluation committee members

In his closing remarks, Professor Xu Kaihua congratulated both graduating postdoctoral fellows and newly admitted researchers. He encouraged them to take on challenging technological problems and align their personal development with the company’s competitiveness and national strategic needs.

“The future belongs to the postdoctoral fellows, it belongs to GEM, and it belongs to China!” Professor Xu Kaihua stated passionately.

He reaffirmed GEM’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with leading universities worldwide, expanding the scope and depth of industry–academia partnerships, and cultivating top-tier innovation talent. Since establishing its postdoctoral research station in 2015, GEM has trained over 60 postdoctoral fellows and collaborated with more than 20 world-class universities and “Double First-Class” universities.

Nearly 90% of fellows choose to remain at GEM, becoming key contributors in research and management roles. This high-level talent pool has become a driving force behind breakthroughs in critical areas such as metal recycling, closed-loop battery systems, and advanced materials manufacturing.

As the saying goes, “ten years to sharpen a sword,” this team continues to inject strong innovation momentum into GEM’s pursuit of world-class competitiveness.