The Highest Science and Technology Award (Chinese: 国家最高科学技术奖) 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 President of the PRC 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 State Council of China. The award comes with a prize of 8 million RMB (about 1.16 million USD), 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 - agriculturist Wu Wenjun - mathematician 2001 Wang Xuan - computer scientist Huang Kun - physicist 2002 Jin Yilian - computer scientist 2003 Liu Dongsheng - geologist Wang Yongzhi - aerospace scientist 2004 Not awarded
2005 Ye Duzheng - meteorologist Wu Mengchao - hepatobiliary surgery scientist and surgeon 2006 Li Zhensheng - plant geneticist 2007 Min Enze - petrochemical engineer Wu Zhengyi - biologist 2008 Wang Zhongcheng - neurologist Xu Guangxian - chemist 2009 Gu Chaohao - mathematician Sun Jiadong - satellite engineer 2010 Shi Changxu - material scientist Wang Zhenyi - pathophysiologist 2011 Xie Jialin - physicist Wu Liangyong - architect 2012 Zheng Zhemin - physicist Wang Xiaomo - 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 - pharmaceutical chemist 2017 Wang Zeshan - explosives specialist Hou Yunde - virologist 2018 Liu Yongtan - radar technology and signal processing expert Qian Qihu - military protection engineering expert 2019 Huang Xuhua - nuclear submarine engineer Zeng Qingcun - meteorologist 2020 Gu Songfen - aerodynamicist Wang Dazhong - nuclear reactor engineer 2023 Li Deren - expert in photogrammetry and remote sensing Xue Qikun - condensed matter physicist
See also List of general science and technology awards State Science and Technology Prizes
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