A Galaxy of 30 CAS Members Honored
At a prize-giving ceremony held in Beijing on October 16, 2002, a total of 30 CAS members were honored with various disciplinary prizes granted by the ninth session of the Hong Kong Ho Leung-Ho Lee Foundation for S&T Progress.
At the ceremony, there were 57 awardees and 30 were CAS members, accounting for more than half of the total number.
Profs. Tong Binggang, Wang Zikun and Yu Hongru won the prizes in mathematics and mechanics; Zhang Renhe, Li Jiaming, Tang Dingyuan, Xian Dingchang, Shen Xuechu and Wang Shiji were honored with the prizes in physics; Gao Hong, Zhang Cunhao, Dai Lixin and Wang Fosong in chemistry; Li Chongyin in meteorology; Tian Zaiyi, Yin Hongfu, Xie Xuejin and Tu Chuanyi in earth sciences; ZhangYonglian and Sun Daye in life sciences; Wu Changxin in agronomy; Wu Zuze and Chen Keji in medical sciences and Dai Ruwei, Wen Shizhu, Ye Peida, Que Duanlin, Zhang Xingqian and Gu Binglin in technological sciences.
