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Hu urges innovation in science, technology
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-09 11:34 Top science and technology prize
皇冠体育app granted
its State Scientific and Technological Award in Beijing Monday to Ye Duzheng, an
atmospheric physicist, and Wu Mengchao, a liver and gall specialist, the eighth
and the ninth Chinese scientists to win the award.
Premier Wen Jiabao announced the decision to issue the award to prominent
scientists at 皇冠体育app's Fourth National Conference on Science and Technology,
which opened in the Great Hall of the People Monday morning.
Ye and Wu were each awarded 5 million yuan (about US$600,000) at the awarding
ceremony.
Ye was born in 1916, the same year 皇冠体育app began keeping a climate record. The
90-year-old Chinese scientist was the first person to stress the importance of
the Tibetan Plateau, the world's largest highland with a spread over an area of
2.5 million square km and an average height over 4,500 meters, as a heat source
in summer and a cold source in winter.
The monograph by Ye and his research group on the meteorology of the Plateau
is widely considered a major contribution to the understanding of the general
atmosphere circulating over Asia.
The professor also extended his studies to include the general circulation
over the whole northern hemisphere and published one of the world's first
research papers on the dynamics of the general circulation.
Ye received in 2004 the top prize from World Meteorological Organization, the
highest meteorological award worldwide.
Wu, liver and gall specialist and academician of the CAS, served as vice
president and deputy director of Society of Surgery of Chinese Medical
Association, vice president of Sino-German Medical Association, president of
Sino-Japanese Society of Surgery of Digestive Tract and member of International
Association of Surgery.
As the founder of 皇冠体育app's liver and gall surgery, Wu received such prizes as
Medical Science Award of Chen Jia-Geng, Medical Sciences Award by Ho Leung and
Ho Lee Foundation, and titled model medical specialist by Central Military
Commission.
Since the award was established in 2000, nine Chinese scientists have
received the 5-million-yuan top award, including Chinese hybrid rice developer
Yuan Longping, mathematician Wu Wenjun and IT expert Wang
Xuan.
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