On January 6, 2017, the second "Distinguished Engineer Award" ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People. Sun Zezhou, the chief designer of Chang'e 3 probe system, and other 30 winners of the "Distinguished Engineer Award" and 69 winners of the "Distinguished Engineer Encouragement Award" were commended.

The 30 engineers who won the "Distinguished Engineer Award" have won a total of 49 National Science and Technology Progress Awards and more than 570 invention patents. They are outstanding representatives of China's engineer team. Among them are the chief designer of Chang'e-3, the first winner of the world's first 5G-related world award, the winner of the "World Coal-to-Oil Award", and the leader of China's high dam design and scientific research. Many scientific and technological innovations they participated in have filled the gaps in China's relevant fields, and some scientific and technological innovations even rank among the world's top, which have a significant impact on the technological progress of the industry and the adjustment of industrial structure.

On the morning of October 24, 2014, the press conference for the 2014 "Distinguished Engineer" Award Ceremony was held on CCTV. Chen Xi, the chairman of the  International Science and Technology Exchange Foundation of China (ISEFC), attended the press conference.

The first Distinguished Engineer Award Ceremony was jointly organized by the  International Science and Technology Exchange Foundation of China (ISEFC) and the Science and Education Channel of CCTV. The ceremony was held in the CCTV Studio 1 on October 16, 2014.