Nation honors outstanding scientists
January 15, 2011, Saturday
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TWO Chinese scientists, materials expert Shi Changxu and hematologist Wang Zhenyi, won China's top science award yesterday for their outstanding contributions to scientific and technological innovation.
The pair, both from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, each received 5 million yuan (US$757,530) and were presented with certificates by President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
China has given the annual State Top Scientific and Technological Award to top scientists and researchers since 2000.
To sharpen its international competitiveness, China needed a large number of outstanding scientists and to raise its science and technology level, Premier Wen Jiabao said at the ceremony.
In the 12th five-year plan period (2011-2015), the country's top priority would be to transform its development pattern, which needed support from science sector, Wen said.
The premier urged closer cooperation between scientists and companies so that more scientific achievements could be applied in economic development and daily life.
"We encourage more companies to engage in research and development and more scientists, research institutes and colleges to work with the private sector," he said.
Wen pledged to better allocate resources in the science sector and to protect the intellectual property rights of scientists.
China would also support innovation and create a better environment for research and for young scientists to develop their careers, he said.
Shi Changxu, 90, graduated from National Northwest China Institute of Technology in 1945 and acquired a doctorate at a university in the United States before returning to China in 1955.
He was honored for his research on superalloy and new alloy steel, which has been widely used to produce turbine blades for Chinese fighter aircraft.
"Scientists should devote our talents to the development of our country, society and the welfare of our people," Shi said at the ceremony.
"We should work harder to build China into a country with great creativity and a well-off society."
An original anti-counterfeit device used in banknote printing won the State Technological Invention Award first prize.
Three scientists from Germany, one from the United States and one from France won the International Cooperation Award in Science and Technology.
The pair, both from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, each received 5 million yuan (US$757,530) and were presented with certificates by President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
China has given the annual State Top Scientific and Technological Award to top scientists and researchers since 2000.
To sharpen its international competitiveness, China needed a large number of outstanding scientists and to raise its science and technology level, Premier Wen Jiabao said at the ceremony.
In the 12th five-year plan period (2011-2015), the country's top priority would be to transform its development pattern, which needed support from science sector, Wen said.
The premier urged closer cooperation between scientists and companies so that more scientific achievements could be applied in economic development and daily life.
"We encourage more companies to engage in research and development and more scientists, research institutes and colleges to work with the private sector," he said.
Wen pledged to better allocate resources in the science sector and to protect the intellectual property rights of scientists.
China would also support innovation and create a better environment for research and for young scientists to develop their careers, he said.
Shi Changxu, 90, graduated from National Northwest China Institute of Technology in 1945 and acquired a doctorate at a university in the United States before returning to China in 1955.
He was honored for his research on superalloy and new alloy steel, which has been widely used to produce turbine blades for Chinese fighter aircraft.
"Scientists should devote our talents to the development of our country, society and the welfare of our people," Shi said at the ceremony.
"We should work harder to build China into a country with great creativity and a well-off society."
An original anti-counterfeit device used in banknote printing won the State Technological Invention Award first prize.
Three scientists from Germany, one from the United States and one from France won the International Cooperation Award in Science and Technology.
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