A conference to celebrate the National Science and Technology Workers’ Day and issue the Scientific Innovation and Advancement Award was held in Beijing on May 27.

Ten science research groups, including the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment team, were granted medals of Scientific Innovation and Advancement, 28 scientists including Wang Guozhong were given badges, and another 254 ones including Ding Lieming received certificates. 

Two groups and 54 individuals from the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) were honored with the award.

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, greets some of the country’s science and technology staff at the conference. (Image by Rao Aimin/ Xinhua)

Sources: Xinhua and CAS