Tsinghua Research Achievements Win 22 State Science and Technology Awards

22 Tsinghua research achievements recently were recognized at the 2016 State Science and Technology Awards. Tsinghua professors accepted the awards on January 9th at the annual National Science-Technology Award Ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Of Tsinghua’s awards, four were State Natural Science Awards, two were State Technological Invention Awards, and sixteen were State Scientific and Technological Progress Awards. Altogether eight research achievements were completed by Tsinghua as the lead research institution in collaboration with others.

The research on “The key technology and application for DTMB system’s internationalization and industrialization”, led by Professor Zhixing Yang, won the first prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Awards.

By the end of 2016, Tsinghua had won a total of 529 State Science and Technology Awards, including one State Top Scientific and Technological Award, 68 State Natural Science Awards, 145 State Technological Invention Awards, and 315 State Scientific and Technological Progress Awards.

Editor: Guo Lili