Top scientific honors awarded to HUANG Xuhua and ZENG Qingcun
China’s highest ranked scientific award, the State Eminent Science and Technology Award, has been given to an engineer and a meteorologist. HUANG Xuhu played a key role in China’s nuclear submarine development. In December 1970, China launched Long March I, becoming the fifth nation to have a nuclear submarine. ZENG Qingcun, a renowned atmospheric scientist, helped modernize China’s weather forecast systems and meteorological satellite remote sensing technologies. The prize money is 8 million yuan ($1.14 million) for each receipient.
China Daily news release, January 10, 2020
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National GenBank opens affiliation at Suzhou BioBAY
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CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology improves CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing for Corynebacterium glutamicum
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CAS QIBEBT group develops high-performance Mg/S battery
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CAS Institute of Hydrobiology proposes algal biofuel production coupled to bioremediation
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Chinese Academy of Sciences sets up Innovation Center in Bangkok
The CAS Innovation Cooperation Center (Bangkok) will bethe first overseas organization promoting global science, technology and innovation. The center will encourage Chinese innovative enterprises to come to Southeast Asia to build an innovative China-ASEAN community....
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