Congratulations! Professor Deng Tianlong from Our University Approved for State Council Government Special Allowance

Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced the 2024 list of experts approved for the State Council Government Special Allowance. Professor Deng Tianlong, recommended by the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences of our university, has been honored with this distinction.

It is reported that the State Council Government Special Allowance system is an important mechanism established by the Party Central Committee and the State Council to demonstrate care for talents and unite professional leaders. Experts receiving this special allowance represent the backbone of China’s talent pool, bearing crucial responsibilities in advancing national strategies for revitalizing China through science and education, strengthening the nation through talent development, and driving innovation-driven growth.

In recent years, our university has placed high priority on recommending candidates for various talent programs and honorary titles, strictly adhering to eligibility criteria while prioritizing faculty members who have made outstanding contributions through long-term dedication to teaching and scientific research. Moving forward, in accordance with the requirements of the “Vanguard Plan,” the university will intensify efforts to implement the key task of “Strengthening Teaching through Excellence in Faculty,” continuously enhance the quality and scale of our talent pool, and provide robust intellectual support for the university's high-quality, connotation-driven development.

Professor Deng Tianlong is currently the Dean of the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Director of the Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Chemistry and Food Technology under the Ministry of Education, and a Standing Committee Member of the International Society for Salt Lake Research. He has been recognized as a leader of an innovation team by the Ministry of Education, selected for the Chinese Academy of Science’ “Hundred Talents Program,” and honored as a Tianjin Distinguished Professor.

In research‌, he pioneered the “metastable phase equilibrium research methodology and standards,” overcoming technical challenges in extracting rare elements from salt lakes, with his innovations widely adopted in the salt lake and chemical industries. He was continuously named to the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list in 2023 and 2024. Over the past five years, he has led seven national and provincial-level major research projects, including key initiatives under the National Key R&D Program and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. As the first contributor, he has received four provincial/ministerial awards, including the First Prize for Science and Technology Progress from the China General Chamber of Commerce (2022) and the Second Prize for Natural Sciences in Tianjin (2020).

In teaching‌, he developed the innovative “One Axis, Dual Drives, Three Systems” talent cultivation model, earning the First Prize for Tianjin Teaching Achievements (2022) as the lead contributor. His course Phase Diagrams of Aqueous Salt Systems was designated as a National First-Class Undergraduate Course. His textbook Phase Diagrams of Aqueous Salt Systems and Applications was selected as a “13th Five-Year Plan” textbook in China's light industry and among Tianjin's first batch of outstanding ideological-political education textbooks. He has mentored talents recognized in programs such as the CAS “Hundred Talents Program" and "National Outstanding Communist Party Members.”

In discipline development‌, as a leading organizer, he spearheaded the successful approval of a first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization in marine science, achieving a “zero-to-one” breakthrough in doctoral programs within the natural sciences at the university. This milestone established Tianjin University of Science and Technology as the first local university in northern China to secure a doctoral degree authorization in marine science.