On November 12 (local time), during the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 conference in Atlanta, North America, Wang Zefeng, the head of Cloud-Native Open Source at Huawei Cloud, was honored with the CNCF Lifetime Achievement Award. To date, he is among just three individuals who have received this prestigious accolade, and notably, he stands as the first technical expert from China to be bestowed with this remarkable honor.

Between 2015 and 2018, Wang Zefeng took the helm in leading the development of numerous pivotal features and sub - projects within Kubernetes. His efforts during this period were instrumental in shaping the platform's capabilities. From 2018 to 2023, his team played a pioneering role in jointly initiating several representative open - source projects in the cloud - native arena, further solidifying their influence in the industry.

In 2024, Wang Zefeng's expertise and contributions were recognized on a broader scale as he was elected as a CNCF TOC (Technical Oversight Committee) member with an overwhelming number of votes. This was a testament to his standing in the technical community. Then, in May 2025, he ascended to the position of TOC Vice Chair. Throughout his tenure, he has been a driving force, actively promoting several key initiatives. Moreover, he has fostered seamless collaboration between global maintainers and the TOC, ensuring the smooth progress of cloud - native development on a global scale.