The Highest Science and Technology Award () also known as the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, State Supreme Science and Technology Award, or China's Nobel Prize is the highest scientific award issued by the

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to scientists working in China. The award, given annually each January since 2000, is one of the five State Science and Technology Prizes established by the

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. The award comes with a prize of 8 million RMB (about 1.16 million

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), with 10% of this awarded as a bonus to the scientist and the remainder awarded to support the scientist's research.

Award winners

;2000 * Yuan Longping -

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* Wu Wenjun -

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

;2001 * Wang Xuan -

computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus ( ...

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physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate ca ...

;2002 *

Jin Yilian Jin Yilian (; born September 1929) is a Chinese computer scientist and a pioneer of supercomputing in the country. Biography Jin was born in Tianjin, with his ancestral home in Changzhou, Jiangsu. He graduated from the department of electri ...

- computer scientist ;2003 * Liu Dongsheng -

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, alt ...

* Wang Yongzhi -

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scientist ;2004 ''Not awarded'' ;2005 * Ye Duzheng -

meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather. Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while th ...

* Wu Mengchao - hepatobiliary surgery

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and surgeon ;2006 * Li Zhensheng -

plant geneticist A plant geneticist is a scientist involved with the study of genetics in botany. Typical work is done with genes in order to isolate and then develop certain plant traits. Once a certain trait, such as plant height, fruit sweetness, or tolerance to ...

;2007 * Min Enze -

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Wu Zhengyi Wu Zhengyi (; June 13, 1916 – June 20, 2013) was a Chinese botanist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Wu specialized in Botanical Geography and Medicinal Botany. He is also known by the alternative spellings of 'Wu Che ...

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually speciali ...

;2008 *

Wang Zhongcheng Wang Zhongcheng (; December 20, 1925 – September 30, 2012) was a Chinese surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a moder ...

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- chemist ;2009 * Gu Chaohao - mathematician * Sun Jiadong - satellite engineer ;2010 *

Shi Changxu Shi Changxu (; 15 November 1920 – 10 November 2014) was a Chinese metallurgist. He served as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Biography Born in Xushui County, Zhili (now Baoding, Hebei), he attended National Northweste ...

- material scientist *

Wang Zhenyi Wang Zhenyi (; born November 30, 1924), also known as Zhen-yi Wang, is a Chinese pathophysiologist and hematologist who is a professor emeritus of Medicine and Pathophysiology at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He is most well known f ...

pathophysiologist Pathophysiology ( physiopathology) – a convergence of pathology with physiology – is the study of the disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury. Pathology is ...

;2011 *

Xie Jialin Xie Jialin (; 8 August 1920 – 20 February 2016) was a Chinese physicist. Born in Harbin, he studied physics at Yenching University. Upon graduation in 1943, Xie enrolled at Stanford University, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1951. While working ...

- physicist *

Wu Liangyong Wu Liangyong (, born 7 May 1922) is a Chinese architect and urban planner. He was a former professor in urban planning, architecture, and design. In preparation to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was leading the team that studied the bui ...

- architect ;2012 * Zheng Zhemin - physicist *

Wang Xiaomo Wang Xiaomo (; 11 November 1938 – 6 March 2023) was a Chinese radar engineer who has been hailed as the "Father of Airborne Warning and Control System in China". Wang had been engaged in the research and design of radar systems for 50 years. ...

- radar engineer ;2013 * Zhang Cunhao - physical chemist * Cheng Kaijia - nuclear physicist ;2014 * Yu Min - nuclear physicist ;2015 ''Not awarded'' ;2016 * Zhao Zhongxian - physicist *

Tu Youyou Tu Youyou (; born 30 December 1930) is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist and malariologist. She discovered artemisinin (also known as , ) and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria, a breakthrough in twentieth-century tropical medicine, sav ...

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chemist ;2017 * Wang Zeshan - explosives specialist * Hou Yunde -

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;2018 *

Liu Yongtan Liu Yongtan (; born 1 December 1936) is a Chinese electrical engineer. He is a radar technology and signal processing expert and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. Biography Liu was born in Nanjin ...

- radar technology and signal processing expert * Qian Qihu - military protection engineering expert ;2019 *

Huang Xuhua Huang Xuhua (; born 12 March 1926) is a Chinese mechanical engineer and submarine designer, and was one of the chief designers for the country's first generation of nuclear submarines ( Type 091 and Type 092). He is director emeritus of the Wu ...

- nuclear submarine engineer * Zeng Qingcun - meteorologist

2020

Gu Songfen Gu Songfen (; born 4 February 1930) is a Chinese aircraft designer. He participated in the design of the Shenyang JJ-1, China's first jet trainer, and was the chief designer of the Shenyang J-8 and J-8II, China's first high-speed, high-altitude ...

- aerodynamicist * Wang Dazhong -

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engineer

References

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Award winners

2020

See also

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