Beijing University Honors Top Scientists

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2002-03-20

A scientist who revolutionized the Chinese printing and publishing industries has been honored with the largest ever financial award by a Chinese university to an individual.

Beijing University Monday conferred an award of five million yuan (about 620,000 US dollars) to Wang Xuan, winner of the 2001 State Top Sci-Tech Award and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Wang Xuan, who is known as "the father of Chinese language laser typesetting" was honored for his invention of a system which allowed Chinese characters to be electronically transferred to type.

Beijing University also awarded CAS academicians Wu Wenjun and Huang Kun the honorary title of "Beijing University Pre-eminent Alumnus". Wu and Huang were also winners of the State Pre-eminent Science and Technology Award, the top state science and technology award in China. Wang Xuan, Wu Wenjun and Huang Kun are alumni of Beijing University.

Last month, President Jiang Zemin conferred the State Pre- eminent Science and Technology Award to two scientists -- Wang Xuan and Huang Kun.

Wang Xuan said at the award ceremony: "My dearest wish is to help high-tech products with independent Chinese intellectual property enter developed countries," adding that the publishing system of Beijing University Founder Group had already entered Japan and the Republic of Korea.

Wang Xuan was former head of the Institute of Computer Technology attached to Beijing University.

Two Scientists Win China's First Supreme Sci-tech Award

China allocated monetary awards to a number of scientists and technicians for their great contributions to the country's national economy and social progress, according to a circular issued on Februray 19, 2001 by China's State Council.

Wu Wenjun, a Chinese mathematician, and Yuan Longping, a leading hybrid-rice expert, respectively won 5 million yuan State Supreme Science and Technology Award of the Year 2000 in Beijing.

This is China's first State Supreme Science and Technology Award. The award will be granted to no more than two outstanding scientists annually.

Besides hundreds of winners of Class-one or Class-two Prize for State Scientific and Technological Progress, China also awarded one American scientist and one Indian scientist for their cooperation with their Chinese counterparts.


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