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Neurologist, chemist win top awards
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January 10, 2009, Saturday
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CHINA'S top State Scientific and Technological Awards for 2008 were given to neurologist Wang Zhongcheng and chemist Xu Guangxian for their outstanding contributions to technological innovation.
President Hu Jintao presented the two 5-million-yuan (US$730,000) awards to the scientists at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday.
Premier Wen Jiabao said in a keynote speech that scientific and technological strength will determine the country's destiny, and its modernization depends on the development of science and technology.
Wen said knowledge and technology are important factors in achieving sustainable development, especially during the present global financial crisis.
He urged science and technology workers to help businesses and rural areas speed development and become more productive.
They should help improve management, develop new products and technologies and become actively involved in economic development, the premier said.
Wang, 83, a native of east China's Shandong Province, is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Neurosurgery Science Institute of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
Xu, 89, a native of east China's Zhejiang Province, is an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former president of the Chinese Chemical Society.
Hu Xiaojun, vice director of the State Science and Technology Award Office under the Ministry of Science and Technology, said the 2008 awards created a pro-innovation environment in recognizing the winners' achievements.
The 2008 awards for technological invention and for scientific and technological progress received a total of 840 patents.
The Qinghai-Tibet railway project was given a special national award in the category.
The Experimental Advanced Super-conducting Tokamak nuclear fusion reactor project and 25 other scientific achievements shared the first prize.
Two farmers who specialize in seed development were among the winners. Shen Tianmin, a wheat-breeding expert from central China's Henan Province, and Zhai Yanju, a corn-breeder from east China's Shandong Province, shared the second prize for scientific and technological progress.
The ceremony was held by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council.
President Hu Jintao presented the two 5-million-yuan (US$730,000) awards to the scientists at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday.
Premier Wen Jiabao said in a keynote speech that scientific and technological strength will determine the country's destiny, and its modernization depends on the development of science and technology.
Wen said knowledge and technology are important factors in achieving sustainable development, especially during the present global financial crisis.
He urged science and technology workers to help businesses and rural areas speed development and become more productive.
They should help improve management, develop new products and technologies and become actively involved in economic development, the premier said.
Wang, 83, a native of east China's Shandong Province, is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Neurosurgery Science Institute of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
Xu, 89, a native of east China's Zhejiang Province, is an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former president of the Chinese Chemical Society.
Hu Xiaojun, vice director of the State Science and Technology Award Office under the Ministry of Science and Technology, said the 2008 awards created a pro-innovation environment in recognizing the winners' achievements.
The 2008 awards for technological invention and for scientific and technological progress received a total of 840 patents.
The Qinghai-Tibet railway project was given a special national award in the category.
The Experimental Advanced Super-conducting Tokamak nuclear fusion reactor project and 25 other scientific achievements shared the first prize.
Two farmers who specialize in seed development were among the winners. Shen Tianmin, a wheat-breeding expert from central China's Henan Province, and Zhai Yanju, a corn-breeder from east China's Shandong Province, shared the second prize for scientific and technological progress.
The ceremony was held by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council.
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