CCTV News:The 2020 National Science and Technology Awards Conference was held today (November 3) in the Great Hall of the People. The 2020 National Science and Technology Awards selected a total of 264 projects, 10 scientific and technological experts and 1 international organization. Among them, Academician Gu Songfen of Aviation Industry Corporation of China and Academician Wang Dazhong of Tsinghua University won the highest national science and technology awards.
After the review by the network review team, the subject professional review team, the review committee and the award committee, and the review by the Ministry of Science and Technology, a total of 264 projects, 10 science and technology experts and 1 international organization were selected for the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards. Among them, 46 National Natural Science Awards: 2 first prizes, 44 second prizes; 61 National Technological Invention Awards: 3 first prizes, 58 second prizes; 157 National Science and Technology Progress Awards: special prizes 2 items, 18 first prizes and 137 second prizes. Eight foreign experts and one international organization won the People’s Republic of China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award. The heaviest National Highest Science and Technology Award was awarded to Academician Gu Songfen of Aviation Industry Corporation of China and Academician Wang Dazhong of Tsinghua University.
What are the characteristics of the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards? What are the focus of the winning projects? Take a look.
In 2020, on the basis of continuing existing practices, the Ministry of Science and Technology organized and carried out the evaluation of the National Science and Technology Awards in a solid and orderly manner. The initial evaluation of the subject professional group was adjusted to a network meeting review to minimize the flow of personnel and reduce the burden of scientific research personnel.
Hou Lihong, Director of the Office of National Science and Technology Awards:Strictly control the quality and control the number of awards. The award rate of the natural science awards, technological invention awards, and scientific and technological progress awards in 2020 (decreased to) 14.9%, of which the number of special awards and first prizes for progress awards will be reduced by 20% compared with 2019. Adhere to standards, rather than abuse, and increase the gold content of national science and technology awards.
The 2020 National Science and Technology Awards review continues to motivate basic research, emphasizes the accumulation of results and applications, and selects a batch of original results. They have not only made important breakthroughs in frontier fields such as modern number theory, but also committed to solving applied basic research or environmental protection and hygiene. , Agriculture and other important scientific issues in the field of people’s livelihood. The nomination results require more than three years of application, and researchers are encouraged to devote themselves to the study of “a sword in ten years.” For example, the natural science award project “Special preservation of fossils in the Cambrian and early evolution of arthropods” is the result of 15 years of unremitting efforts by the project team based on the borders of the motherland; Zhong Nanshan’s respiratory disease prevention and control innovation team has conducted in-depth research since its establishment in 1979. The scientific issue of “epidemiological characteristics, molecular mechanisms, and early intervention of the occurrence and development of respiratory diseases” has made important contributions to the prevention and control, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases in my country, and has promoted the construction and development of emergency response mechanisms for public health emergencies in my country. develop.
In addition, for a long time, Chinese and foreign scientists have united and cooperated to increase the public knowledge and collective wisdom of human society, and have made positive contributions to boosting the world‘s economic and social development and enhancing the well-being of mankind. The opening and cooperation of the National Science and Technology Awards in 2020 has also become more solid.
Hou Lihong, Director of the Office of National Science and Technology Awards:The three awards in 2020 are all open to foreigners, and 5 projects were ultimately hosted or participated in by foreign experts; the number of recipients of the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award hit a record high, and finally 8 foreign experts from 7 countries and 1 international organization Awarded, the cooperation field involves multiple disciplines and majors, further deepening international scientific and technological cooperation.