Dr. Li Wei has been awarded the Southern Cross Technology Innovation Research Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of semiconductor materials science. As the Chief Researcher at the Institute of Materials Science, Tsinghua University, he successfully developed a high-efficiency, low-cost superconducting chip material, increasing chip computing speed by 50%. This material has been applied in international quantum computing experiments and has secured an AUD 8 million international technology collaboration grant, advancing global high-performance computing.