| Highest Science and Technology Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Presented by | President of the People's Republic of China |
| Reward(s) | 8 million RMB |
| First awarded | 2000 |
| Number of laureates | 29 as of 2017 |
| Highest Science and Technology Award | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 國家最高科學技術獎 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国家最高科学技术奖 | ||||||
| |||||||
The Highest Science and Technology Award[1][2] (Chinese: 国家最高科学技术奖) also known as the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, State Supreme Science and Technology Award, or China's Nobel Prize[3] is the highest scientific award issued by the President of the PRC to scientists working in China. The award, given annually each January since 2000, is one of the five State Science and Technology Prizes established by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
The award comes with a prize of 8 million RMB (about 1.16 million USD), with 10% of this awarded as a bonus to the scientist and the remainder awarded to support the scientist's research.
Award winners
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- Jin Yilian - computer scientist[4]
- 2003
- Liu Dongsheng - geologist
- Wang Yongzhi - aerospace scientist
- 2004
Not awarded
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- Min Enze - petrochemical engineer
- Wu Zhengyi - biologist
- 2008
- Wang Zhongcheng - neurologist
- Xu Guangxian - chemist
- 2009
- Gu Chaohao - mathematician
- Sun Jiadong - satellite engineer
- 2010
- Shi Changxu - material scientist
- Wang Zhenyi - pathophysiologist
- 2011
- Xie Jialin - physicist
- Wu Liangyong - architect
- 2012
- Zheng Zhemin - physicist
- Wang Xiaomo - radar engineer
- 2013
- Zhang Cunhao - physical chemist
- Cheng Kaijia - nuclear physicist
- 2014
- Yu Min - nuclear physicist
- 2015
Not awarded
- 2016
- Zhao Zhongxian - physicist
- Tu Youyou - pharmaceutical chemist
- 2017
- Wang Zeshan - explosives specialist[5]
- Hou Yunde - virologist
- 2018
- Liu Yongtan - radar technology and signal processing expert
- Qian Qihu - military protection engineering expert
- 2019
- Huang Xuhua - nuclear submarine engineer[6]
- Zeng Qingcun - meteorologist
2020
- Gu Songfen - aerodynamicist
- Wang Dazhong - nuclear reactor engineer
See also
References
- ↑ "国家最高科学技术奖". Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ "What are the two academicians who won the highest science and technology award in the country?". news.cbt9.com. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ Cong Cao (June 2004). "Chinese Science and the 'Nobel Prize Complex'". Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy. 42 (2): 158. doi:10.1023/B:MINE.0000030020.28625.7e. S2CID 144522961.
- ↑ Senior Scientists Win China's Top Award
- ↑ "What China's top science prizes reveal about the country's priorities". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ↑ "China honors distinguished scientists to drive innovation". Xinhua. 2020-01-11. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
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