The state-run CCTV (November 3) telecast the "grand national science and technology awards conference"
organised jointly by the CCP CC and the State Council in Beijing on November 3, which was attended by
Party and state leaders including Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Huning and Han Zheng. PBSC member and
Premier Li Keqiang delivered a speech at the conference where PBSC member Han Zheng presided. CCP CC
General Secretary Xi Jinping first awarded medals and certificates to Academician Gu Songfen of China
Aviation Industry Corporation and Academician Wang Dazhong of Tsinghua University, who won the highest
national science and technology award in 2020. Later, Xi Jinping, the Party and state leaders, together with
the two top prize winners, issued certificates to the representatives who won the National Natural Science
Award, the National Technological Invention Award, and the National Science and Technology Progress
Award. A total of 264 projects, 10 scientific and technological experts and 1 international organization were
selected for the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards. Among them, there are 2 national top science
and technology awards; 46 national natural science awards, including 2 first prizes and 44 second prizes; 61
national technological invention awards, including 3 first prizes and 58 second prizes; There are 157 national
science and technology progress awards, including 2 special prizes, 18 first prizes, and 137 second prizes; 8
foreign experts and 1 international organization are awarded the People’s Republic of China International
Science and Technology Cooperation Award.
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