[CNTV]China’s 2017 Future Science Prize winners announced
(CNTV) 09:57, September 10, 2017
From left are 2017 Future Science Prize winners Shi Yigong, Pan Jianwei and Xu Chenyang
China’s Future Science Prize on Saturday announced winners for 2017 in
the areas of life science, physical science, mathematics and computer
science.
The winners are Shi Yigong, Pan Jianwei and Xu Chenyang respectively. Each winner will be awarded 1 million US dollars.
Shi is a Chinese biophysicist in the field of protein X-ray
crystallography, and Dean of School of Life Sciences of Tsinghua
University. He was awarded for his study of high-resolution structures
of the eukaryotic spliceosome.
Pan is a Chinese physicist at the University of Science and Technology
of China. He was awarded for his innovation of quantum optical
technology which enables practical implementation of secure
communication through quantum key distribution. He was the lead
researcher of the iconic transmission of entangle photons across 1,200
km using Micius Satellite in June this year.
Xu is a Chinese mathematician in algebraic geometry and a professor at
Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research. Xu was awarded
for his contribution to birational algebraic geometry.
The award ceremony of the Future Science Prize will be held at China World Hotel on October 29, 2017.
The Future Science Prize is a non-governmental award established in
2016 by scientists and business owners in China. The prizes are
instituted to reward scientists who make outstanding scientific
contributions in Greater China. Winners are not limited to Chinese
nationals.
When it was first established last year, the Mathematics and Computer
Science Prize was left out. Winners of the other two prizes, Life
Science Prize and Physical Science Prize were Dennis Lo, a professor of
chemical pathology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Xue
Qikun, a physicist at Tsinghua University.
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