| Dr | 邦杰 | 傅 | 中南大学 | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | 柯 | 吴 | 中国地质大学（武汉） | China | Best Dissertation Award |
| Mr | Zongbao | Jiang | Engineering University of People's Armed Police | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhonghua | Liu | Zhejiang Ocean University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhizhen | Chen | University of Greenwich | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zhiwei | Tian | Chinese Academy of Agriculture Institute of Urban Agriculture | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zhiping | Liu | Zibo Comprehensive Bonded Zone Development Service Center | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zhaohai | Ma | China University of Geosciences, Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zari | Farhadi | University of Tabriz | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zahid | Ullah | Chulalongkorn University | Thailand | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Yuxuan | Wang | China University of Geosciences Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Yunhyung | LEE | : Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Young-Chan | Lee | Dongguk University | South Korea | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Yi | Tang | Yantai University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yexin | Wang | State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xuejun | Du | CECEP Engineering and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Xinke | Liu | Shenzhen University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Xingjie | Xu | Zhejiang University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | XIAOYAN | KUI | Central South University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiaoping | Yang | Beijing University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award |