Organized by DT New Materials and Bio-based Energy & Materials, the DT New Leaf Award is a global, professional, and comprehensive award focusing on innovation in the bio-based field. It is dedicated to discovering, showcasing, and recognizing excellent products and enterprises in the bio-based industry.There are four award categories: Innovative Material Award, Innovative Application Award, Innovative Industry Solution Award, and Most Commercial Value Award。 To date, more than 100 innovative bio-based products have been honored with the New Leaf Awardthrough a professional jury consisting of experts from the entire industrial chain (upstream and downstream). Therefore, it has been hailed as "the Oscar of the bio-based industry."
2026 (The 4th) DT New Leaf Award
Registration Now Open
Registration deadline: Mar 13, 2026（Free）
(First Round Deadline: Feb 10, 2026, Exclusive Promotion Included)
Free Registration Link：
https://polydt.mike-x.com/kKdYL
Registration Form Download Link：
https://pan.baidu.com/s/1lVtPXgjqyZ7gJnAhKigklA?pwd=pc6h
Applications for the 4th DT New Leaf Award 2026 are now open, and the award ceremony will be held at the 11th Bio-based 2026 Conference & Exhibition on May 21, 2026.
01 Introduction to the Four Major Awards
Innovative Materials Award, Innovative Application Award, Most Commercially Valuable Award,
02 Application Period & Process
Registration + Nomination & Document Submission: December 01, 2025 - March 13, 2026
Online Voting (Preliminary Selection): March 16, 2026 - March 22, 2026
Online Campaign + Expert Panel Review (Secondary Selection): March 23, 2026 - March 27, 2026
Award Ceremony: May 21, 2026 (at the Bio-based 2026)
03 Evaluation Criteria
04 Election Benefits
1、Free Promotion: Helping Enterprises Complete a "T"-shaped Brand Promotion
As a biobased and biomanufacturing industry technology service platform under DT New Materials, we have more than 100,000 platform fans in the industrial upstream and downstream, and over 100 communication communities, making us one of the most important resource and information hubs in the industry.
The New Leaf Award selection process will go through more than 2 rounds of professional screening procedures and be reviewed by over 50 core experts in the industrial upstream and downstream. With a professional team and comprehensive media support, we will help enterprises achieve brand exposure.
2、Free Participation: Award Ceremony of the Bio-based Conference
Award-winning enterprises can participate in the award ceremony for free, holding exquisitely customized high-end trophies and certificates. On the award ceremony stage watched by thousands of people, the awards will be presented by heavyweight guests and user representatives in the biobased industry. Celebrate the grand moment of the announcement of the award results together with industry insiders.
05 Past On-site Judges (Partial):
2025 NEW LEAF AWARDS - NEWS
On May 26, 2025, the award ceremony of the 3rd New Leaf Award 2025, an innovation selection in the biobased industry sponsored by DT New Materials, was held in Shanghai.
The 3rd New Leaf Award 2025 set up four major awards: Innovative Material Award, Innovative Application Award, Innovative Industry Solution Award, and Most Commercial Value Award. A total of more than 70 products applied for this New Leaf Award. After public online voting and evaluation by 36 distinguished experts, the participating products were professionally assessed from multiple dimensions. The expert review panel of this session also invited many material experts from well-known biobased material enterprises, global leading chemical enterprises, automotive and parts, tires, packaging, outdoor sports brands, home appliances, industrial design, well-known securities and investment companies, universities and research institutes, etc.
In the end, 28 winning products were selected!
第十届生物基大会暨展览开幕式期间，5 位重磅嘉宾为获奖企业颁奖。
Innovative Materials Award
中国科学院院士、发展中国家科学院院士、东华大学教授 朱美芳院士和中国科学院宁波材料技术与工程研究所研究员、浙江省生物基高分子材料重点实验室主任 朱锦研究员 为 12 家创新材料奖获奖企业颁奖。
Innovative Application Award
波司登创新研究院 研发实验室负责人 张辉博士 为 7 家创新应用奖获奖企业颁奖。
Innovative Industry Solution Award
Most Commercially Valuable Award
加拿大工程院外籍院士，清华大学化学系应用化学研究所所长，中国-巴西气候变化与能源技术创新中心主任 刘德华教授 为 4 家最具商业价值获奖企业颁奖。
We sincerely thank every participating enterprise for their careful preparations in 2025 and the sincere efforts of expert judges from different fields.
The New Leaf Award selection in the biobased industry will continue to uphold the principles of openness, fairness and impartiality, continuously empower and boost the development of innovative benchmark enterprises in the biobased industry, and jointly create a new situation for the vigorous development of the biobased industry.
