mportant breakthroughs in basic scientific research, with far-reaching influence.It▓ also rewards prominent scientists who have generated enormous economic returns ▓or facilitated social progress.The first State Supreme Science and Technology Award was given ?/p>
坕n 2000. Mathematician Wu Wenjun and hybrid-rice expert Yuan Longping wer▓e the deserving recipients.Two academicians won the award the following year. They were computer scientist Wang Xuan from Peking University and semi-conductor expert Huan
g Kun from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.No winner was announced for the Supreme Award in 2004. It was the first and only time in the history of the awa▓rd.In 2008, neurologist Wang Zhongcheng and chemist Xu Guangxian shared the S▓upreme Award.The Natural Science Award, the Technology Innovat▓ion Award, and the Science and Technology Advancement Award are the three major science awards handed out at the state level.The Natural Science Award honors achievements in basic research and applications. This includes math, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, biology and other disciplines. In the past ten years, there have only been winners on 3 o▓ccasions.The Technology Innovat
ion Award honors important inventions for m▓anufacturing, processing, and material and systems research. The award declared its first winners in 2004.The Science and Technology Advancement Award focuses on projects crucial to social progress, state security, and social well-b▓eing.The International Science and Technology Cooperation Award honors foreigners or international organizations that have contributed to the advancement of China's science and technology fields.China's State Science and Technology A▓wards are offered in five categories. And while some have more than one winner every year, others are more elusive. The State Supreme Science and Technology Award is Chin
a's high
est and most esteemed national science honor. The award is given out each year t▓o no more than two scientists. Winners receive a cash prize of 5-million yuan, or over 730-thousand ▓US dollars. It honors important breakthroughs in basic scientific research, wi
th far-reaching influence. It also rewards prominent scientists who have generated enormous economic returns or facilitated social ▓progress. The first State Supreme Science and Technology Award was given in 2000. Mathematician Wu Wenjun and hybrid-rice e
xpert Yuan Longping were the deserving recipients. Beijing residents can now experience ▓science up close & personally, through participation and exhibition. After three years of▓ construction, a new science and technology museum will open in the Chinese