On January 17, 2023, Scientific Chinese magazine published "30 influential scientists, 20 new scientific and technological elites! Another year's award and honor list", and Tan Xuguang was named as an influential scientist.

Tan Xuguang, who has long strived for the innovation and practice of China's power system engineering technology, has contributed an important force to the research and development of China's heavy-duty high-speed diesel engine and the construction of the world's first independent heavy-duty commercial vehicle powertrain research and development and manufacturing base, and has provided a Chinese solution to solve the international problems of the key technologies of heavy-duty high-speed diesel engine and powertrain, and to complement the core technology weaknesses of China's full-range and full-field power system. Now, as the leader of the enterprise, he also has the courage to think, speak and act to promote the reform of state-owned enterprises and further help China's equipment manufacturing industry to move towards the high-end.

Scientific Chinese is a high-level popular science magazine sponsored by the China Association for Science and Technology and the China Society of Science and Technology Journalism. The Honor of Influential Scientist is an outstanding representative in the field of science and technology of the year reviewed and selected by the magazine.Editor/Ma Xue