2016年CRI China's State Science and Tech Awards Handed Out

 

This year's State Science and Technology Awards were presented to 295 scientific projects, a 21 percent decrease compared to 2011.

This is the second time that the most honorable award, the State Supreme¹ Science and Technology Award, has been left vacant since 2004.

Chen Zhimin, vice² head of the Office for Science and Technology Awards, explained why it was left vacant.

"According to the relevant rules for the award, the laureates for the State Supreme Science and Technology Award should be less than 2 people. This means that the outcomes of either two people, one person or nobody receiving the prize are all consistent with the regulations."

To receive the top award, the project should bring a major breakthrough in the frontiers of science as well as enormous social or economic benefits.

Apart from the State Supreme Science and Technology Award, 4 more awards are also included such as the State Natural Science Award, State Technological³ Invention Award, National Science and Technology Progress Award and International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award.

A quantum information research team won the first prize in the State Natural Sciences for their project concerning the multi-photon entanglement⁴ and interferometry which further developed the quantum key distribution technology.

The team leader, 45-year-old Pan Jianwei from the University of Science and Technology of China, explained that their project could be significant to cyberspace⁵ security.

"The quantum key distribution could make communication more secure since those encrypted contents will be hard to decipher. On one hand, the technology will make the Internet more efficient, since users will obtain their information much more effectively. On the other hand, it will make the Internet much safer."

The team is also the first to achieve the simultaneous quantum teleportation of two inherent properties of a fundamental particle.

Pan said the quantum teleportation will bring a lot of benefits in the future.

"For example, if I employ Tianhe-2 to solve the system of linear equations of 24th power of ten, it will cost about 100 years. However, if I use quantum computer working trillions of times every second, it will cost me only one second. Therefore, with the help of quantum information, we can improve a lot in the related fields in gene⁶ analysis, oil exploration and weather forecasts."

7 foreign nationals from countries including the U.S., Japan and Sweden received this year's International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award.

Since the launch of the State Supreme Science and Technology Award in 2000, 25 scientists have received the award including Wang Xuan, the inventor of a computerized laser photo typesetting system for Chinese characters, and Yuan Longping, the Father of Hybrid⁷ Rice.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

4 entanglement   

n.纠缠，牵累

参考例句：

• This entanglement made Carrie anxious for a change of some sort.这种纠葛弄得嘉莉急于改变一下。
• There is some uncertainty about this entanglement with the city treasurer which you say exists.对于你所说的与市财政局长之间的纠葛,大家有些疑惑。

5 cyberspace   

n.虚拟信息空间，网络空间，计算机化世界

参考例句：

• She travels in cyberspace by sending messages to friends around the world.她利用电子空间给世界各地的朋友们发送信件。
• The teens spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.青少年花费在电脑上的时间比他们和真正的朋友及家人在一起的时间要多。

6 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

7 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。