MIT Technology Review announced its regional list of the top 35 innovators under the age of 35 in China — the TR35 China, and Tenure-track Associate Professor Hongze WANG, was named to the 2022 TR35 China for his work in laser additive manufacturing and welding. The awarding ceremony took place in Young Global Technology Leaders Summit, Beijing, on March 30, 2023.

The reason for this selection was that Prof. Hongze Wang and his team made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the relationship among laser manufacturing process, microstructure of the material, and performance of the structures, promoting the mass industrial application of this new technology.

MIT Technology Review is a magazine that was founded in 1899. The Innovators Under 35 is an annual list published by MIT Technology Review, covering five categories: Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Humanitarians, Pioneers, and Visionaries, to name the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35. The MIT TR35 China Award was established in 2017.