Top Chinese women scientists awarded
By admin on 2014-12-29

Five researchers became winners of the sixth Chinese Young Women Scientists Awards on Tuesday at an award ceremony in Beijing.

 
Winners of the sixth Chinese Young Women Scientists Awards (from left to right): Li Xiaoying, Li Baohui, Yu Jihong, Jiang Chengyu, and Zeng Fanyi. [Xinhua]
 

They are: Professor Yu Jihong of Jilin University College of Chemistry; Professor Li Xiaoying of Tianjin University College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering; Professor Li Baohui of Nankai University Physics Institute; Zeng Fanyi, deputy-director of Shanghai Jiaotong University Genetics Institute; and Professor Jiang Chengyu of Peking Union Medical College Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department.

 
ACWF President and vice-chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Chen Zhili, ACWF Vice-president Song Xiuyan and other sponsors with the five winners of the sixth Chinese Young Women Scientists Awards at the ceremony in Beijing. [cast.org.cn]
 

Song Xiuyan, vice-president and first member of the secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), expressed hope in her address at the ceremony that the country would realize the importance of cultivating female talents and take more measures to promote their development.

The ACWF, the China Association for Science and Technology, the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, and L'Oreal China established the annual award, which has so far honored 49 women working in the sciences, in 2004. The organizers this year extended the age limit of the award from 40 to 45 and also its scope to include women scientists in Hong Kong and Macao.