China's Top Sci-techAchievements Awarded

The awarding ceremony for China's top scientific and technological award in Beijing, Novemvber 3.（PHOTO:XINHUA）

The awarding ceremony for China's top scientific and technological award and several national sci-tech awards was held on November 3 in Beijing.

Gu Songfen and Wang Dazhong won the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award for their extraordinary contributions to the country's scientific and technological innovation. Gu led the development of China's advanced jets. He is a research fellow at the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. A renowned nuclear scientist and academician of CAS, Wang created the world's first 10MW modular high temperature, gas-cooled reactor.

There were 46 achievements winning the State Natural Science Award, two of which were presented with the top award. One was for the invention of nano -confined catalysis by chemists from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS. The other was for the production and application of ordered mesoporous polymer and carbon material by scientists from Fudan University.

Three projects won the first prizes of the State Technology Invention Award, while other 58 projects obtained the second prizes. One of the first prizes went to a project on key technologies for ultra high definition video polymorphic primitive codec, which was conducted by a team of scientists with most of them from Peking University.

Two achievements (of projects) were awarded the special prize for the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award, including the Chang'e-4 project, as well as 18 achievements winning first prize and 137 achievements second prize.

Eight foreign experts and International Center for Tropical Agriculture were also honored with the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.