Top National S&T Prize conferred on January 8, 2008 in Beijing

A national S&T award conferring ceremony was solemnly held on January 8, 2008 in Beijing. Chinese President Hu Jintao personally conferred the Top National S&T Prize to MIN Enze, an academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and to WU Zhengyi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

 

President HU also presented certificates to other laureates who won the National S&T Advancement Prize, the National Natural Science Prize, the National Technology Invention Prize, and other awards.

 

In 2007, second-place award of the National Natural Science Prize was conferred to 39 projects, National Technology Invention Prize to 51 projects, of which 1 for first-place award and the other for second-place award. National S&T Advancement Prize had 255 winners, of which 1 for special award, 19 first-place award, and 235 second-place award.

 

Four foreign scientists and one international organization were honored with China International S&T Cooperation Prize.