The 2025 National Science and Technology Award nomination is underway. According to the public information of each nomination unit, 12 experts have been nominated for the highly-watched National Highest Science and Technology Award (which is an incomplete summary), including 11 academicians and 5 from universities.

　　The latest revised "National Science and Technology Awards Regulations" stipulates that the highest national science and technology awards are awarded to the following Chinese citizens: (1) Those who have made major breakthroughs at the forefront of contemporary science and technology or have made outstanding achievements in the development of science and technology; (2) Those who have created huge economic, social, ecological and environmental benefits or have made great contributions to the maintenance of national security in scientific and technological innovation, transformation of scientific and technological achievements and high-tech industrialization. The National Highest Science and Technology Award is not divided into grades, and the number of people awarded each time shall not exceed 2.

　　The information of candidates proposed for nomination in the 2025 National Highest Science and Technology Award is as follows:

　　An Zhisheng Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　

　　An Zhisheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a foreign academician of the American Academy of Sciences, an academician of the Academy of Sciences in developing countries, a member of the American Geophysics Federation (AGU Fellow), an honorary doctorate at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Northwestern University of China. He is currently a researcher, honorary director and director of the Academic Committee of the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has served as the president of the Xi'an Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the president of the Shaanxi Academy of Sciences, the vice chairman of the International Quaternary Federation (INQUA), the chairman of the Loess Committee, the member of the International Global Change (IGBP) Scientific Committee, and the vice chairman. He is currently a member of the International Anthropocene Working Group and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Southern Ocean Research Center.

　　An Zhisheng was engaged in Quaternary geological and global changes, air pollution control and ecological environment governance for a long time. He broke through the classic global ice age-interglacial theory and systematically proposed the theory of monsoon control of environmental changes in East Asia for the first time. He was evaluated by Professor John Kutzbach, an academician of the American Academy of Sciences, as "illuminating the path of climate and environmental change research in East Asia", and led the development of Asian monsoon and global change research since the 1990s. He revealed the impact of ice volume changes in the northern and southern hemispheres on the Asian monsoon and the relationship between monsoon and westerly climate on the ice cycle and millennium scale; proposed the concept of Indian monsoon dynamics and Asian monsoon-drought environment coupling system, which gave birth to global monsoon dynamics, opened up a new direction for the integration and development of Quaternary geology and global change, and promoted the development of earth system science. An Zhisheng applied basic research results to serve the major national strategic needs. Since this century, he took the lead in submitting a series of forward-looking strategic consulting reports to the central government on the development of the western particulate matter in my country and the ecological construction of the Loess Plateau, and countermeasures for the control of atmospheric particulate matter pollution to my country. It has been paid attention and adopted by the central and government departments at all levels, and has made outstanding contributions to my country's ecological civilization and the construction of a "beautiful China".

　　An Zhisheng led his team to take root in the west and worked hard for more than 50 years. He has successively established the National Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology and the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The national key laboratory has achieved outstanding results in seven consecutive national reviews. The Institute has won international reputation for Chinese scientists in the field of earth science. An Zhisheng has won five second prizes in the National Natural Science Award, the Shaanxi Province Highest Science and Technology Award, the National Innovation Prize Award, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Award, the Top Ten Progress in China's Science and Geological Sciences in 2011, and the Chen Jiageng Earth Science Award and other domestic and foreign awards. He has published more than 480 SCI papers and published more than 30 articles in high-influence journals such as Nature, Science, sub-journals and PNAS. He has trained many leading talents in earth system science research, including 2 academicians and 16 Outstanding Youth Fund recipients, and has contributed to building an international first-class research institution and high-level international cooperation base, and promoting my country's earth science to the world.

　　Bende China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 14th Research Institute

　　Ben De, male, born in April 1938, member of the Communist Party of China, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. A famous radar expert in my country, a creator of airborne pulse Doppler (PD) fire control radar, founder of the field, and the main pioneer of large-scale phased array radar technology. He is currently the deputy director of the Science and Technology Committee of the 14th Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, the dean of the School of Electronic Information Engineering of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and also a member of the Chinese Electronics Society, vice chairman of the Jiangsu Aeronautics and Astronautics Society, and a part-time professor and doctoral supervisor from more than ten universities including Peking University. He has won major honors such as the National Science Conference Award, the First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Special Prize of the National Ministry of Electronics Industry Science and Technology Progress Award, and the commemorative certificate of China's first manned space flight mission. He has been named an expert with outstanding contributions at the national level.

      Chen Guoliang University of Science and Technology of China

　　

　　Chen Guoliang, professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen University and Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the first national teaching teacher award for universities and universities. Born in Yingshang County, Anhui Province in June 1938, he graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 1961 to major in Computational Mathematics and Calculation Instruments.

　　Professor Chen Guoliang's main research areas are parallel algorithms, high-performance computing and their applications. It has undertaken more than 10 scientific research projects including the National 863 Plan, the National Climbing Plan, the National 973 Plan, and the National Natural Science Foundation. A number of research results have been achieved that have been widely cited at home and abroad and reached the advanced international level. He has published more than 200 papers and published 10 academic works and textbooks. He has won 20 awards for the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of the Ministry of Education’s Science and Technology Progress Award, the second prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Science and Technology Progress Award, the second prize of the national teaching achievement, the first prize of the Ministry of Water Resources Dayu, and the second prize of the Anhui Province’s Science and Technology Progress Award, and won the 15th anniversary of the 863 Plan, the special prize of the outstanding teacher of the Baosteel Education Fund, and the honorary title of Anhui Province’s model worker.

　　Over the years, Professor Chen Guoliang has gradually formed a complete parallel algorithm discipline system, "algorithm theory - algorithm design - algorithm implementation - algorithm application", proposed an integrated parallel computing research method of "parallel machine structure - parallel algorithm - parallel programming", established my country's first national high-performance computing center, created a scientific research and teaching base for parallel algorithms in my country, and trained more than 100 graduate students. He is the discipline leader in non-numerical parallel algorithm research in my country.

　　Chen Liquan Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　

　　Chen Liquan, born in Nanchong, Sichuan in 1940, graduated from the Department of Physics of the University of Science and Technology of China in 1964, and worked at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the same year. During this period, he went to the Solid State Institute of the West German Map Association from 1976 to 1978; from 1985, 1990 and 1992, he served as visiting professors at the Bordeaux Institute of Solid Chemistry, the French scientific research center, Delft Polytechnic University in the Netherlands and the Tokyo University of Technology in Japan. In 2001, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

　　Main research directions: Nanoion: Preparation and characterization of nanoion materials and ion-electron hybrid conductive materials; the transport characteristics and other physical properties of ions and electrons of nanoion materials and ion-electron hybrid conductive materials. Physical and chemical processes in high-energy batteries and fuel cells. More than 230 papers have been published and 13 invention patents have been applied for. He has been engaged in the research of solid-state ionology for a long time and is one of the founders of solid-state ionology in my country. He has been engaged in research in the fields of lithium batteries, lithium-ion batteries and sustainable energy for a long time. He enjoys a high reputation internationally in the fields of solid-state ionology and sustainable energy.

　　Dai Jinxing Exploration and Development Research Institute of China Petroleum and Natural Gas Co., Ltd.

　　

　　Dai Jinxing, a natural gas geology and geochemist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Born in Ruian, Zhejiang in March 1935. He graduated from the Department of Geology, Nanjing University in 1961. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995 and as an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2012.

　　He has long been committed to oil and natural gas geology and geochemistry research, and was the first to engage in and advocate coal-gas research in China, opening up a new field of coal-gas exploration in China. Comprehensive and systematically study the carbon, hydrogen and helium isotope characteristics of China's natural gas, establish and identify various natural gas theories and the genesis classification of natural gas, improve and develop coal gas (hydrogen) model, coal gas enrichment laws, gas reservoir types, natural gas accumulation zones and aggregation areas, and the formation conditions and control factors of large and medium-sized gas fields in China, thus providing a scientific basis and prediction for the discovery of Changqing gas fields. It has achieved a series of results in the study of inorganic gas and gas reservoir formation conditions in eastern China (Songliao Basin, Bohai Bay Basin, North Jiangsu Basin and Sanshui Basin, etc.), especially inorganic CO2 gas reservoirs and alkane gas reservoirs, and has made systematic and innovative contributions to the development of China's natural gas geological theory.

　　Fu Tingdong Huazhong Agricultural University

　　

　　Fu Tingdong, male, born in September 1938, from Yunan, Guangdong. Crop genetic breeder and professor at Huazhong Agricultural University. He graduated from the Department of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University in 1960, graduated from the school's genetic breeding major in 1965, and collaborated on rapeseed breeding research at Göttingen University, Germany from 1981 to 1982. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in May 1995. In 2004, he was elected as an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS, now known as the Academy of Sciences in Developing Countries).

　　Currently, he is the director of the Institute of Crop Genetic Breeding, executive director of the National and Hubei Agricultural Society, deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Crop Science, director of the Oil Crop Professional Committee of the China Agricultural Technology Promotion Association, consulting committee member of the Hubei Provincial Government, member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Association for Science and Technology, director of the National Rapeseed Engineering and Technology Research Center, director of the National Rapeseed Wuhan Improvement Branch, honorary consultant of Swedish SW AB Rapeseed Breeding, chairman of the International Rapeseed Research Consulting Council (GCIRC, Paris), and chairman of the 12th International Rapeseed Congress.

　　He Jishan Central South University

　　

　　He Jishan, born in Liuyang, Hunan in September 1934, is a Han nationality, a professor and doctoral supervisor at Central South University. He was elected as one of the first academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994.

　　Professor He Jishan has been engaged in science and education for 60 years. He has served as president of Central South University of Technology and director of the Department of Energy and Mining of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is currently a member of the Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a member of the Standing Committee of the Department of Engineering Management of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, honorary chairman of the Hunan Association of Science and Technology, president of the Hunan Association of Academicians, and consultant of the Hunan Calligraphers Association.

　　Professor He Jishan has long been committed to the research of geophysical theory, methods and observation instrument systems, and has established and developed ground electric field theory and instruments with the core of "dual-frequency excitation method", "pseudo-random signal electric method", "wide-area electromagnetic method" and "fitting flow field method", which have been widely used at home and abroad. Professor He Jishan's achievements in the field of science and technology have successively won one National Science Conference Award, two National Invention Award, two National Science and Technology Progress Award, and 18 provincial and ministerial awards. In 1986, he was awarded the title of young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions. In 1995, he was named a national non-ferrous metal worker, in 2000, and in 2005, he was named a national advanced worker. Professor He Jishan's research results make my country unique in the field of frequency domain electrical methods and rank far ahead in the world. Professor H. F. Morlisson, a famous American geophysicist, wrote: "He Jishan has been recognized by his peers all over the world for his many achievements in exploration of geophysics, especially in electromagnetism sounding of excitation and controllable source audio."

　　In 1985, Professor He Jishan founded the first geophysics doctoral program in my country with geophysics characteristics of geoelectric field research, and in 2002 he founded the biomedical engineering major of Central South University. He has directed more than 100 postdoctoral, doctoral and master's students in three disciplines: geophysics, management science and engineering, and biomedical engineering. During his tenure as president of Central South University of Technology, the school advocated the humanistic spirit, optimized the educational environment, and promoted the cross-integration of science, engineering and culture. The school entered the National 211 Project for the first time.

　　Li Denghai Shandong Denghai Seed Co., Ltd.

　　

　　Li Denghai, male, Han nationality, member of the Communist Party of China, born in September 1949, from Laizhou, Shandong, honorary chairman of Shandong Denghai Seed Co., Ltd., and director of the National Corn Engineering Technology Research Center (Shandong).

　　From 1972 to the present, he has been committed to improving the high yield of hybrid corn in my country and the selection and breeding of high yield corn varieties. He was the first in my country to breed a series of new compact hybrid corn varieties with a yield of more than 700 kg to 1,500 kg per mu, setting a national and world record of high yield of summer corn. The high yield capacity is 115% higher than that of flat hybrid corn varieties. He has made great contributions to ensuring national food security and is known as the father of China's compact hybrid corn. He has successively won the titles of Asian Agricultural Research and Development Fund Award, the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress, the top ten meritorious figures in China's seed industry, the second national moral model, the national double hundred figure, the national outstanding Communist Party member, and the national "model of the times".

　　Ouyang Ziyuan Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　

　　Ouyang Ziyuan, a native of Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, is an astrochemistry and geochemist, and the chief scientist of China's lunar exploration engineering. He is known as the "Father of Chang'e". He was elected as a member of the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991. Academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences, an academician of the International Academy of Aerospace Sciences, an honorary academician of the Joint International College of Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University (UIC), a researcher at the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the first chairman of the International Academician Consortium.

　　Ouyang Ziyuan graduated from Beijing Institute of Geology (now China University of Geosciences) in 1956. He graduated from the Mineral Depositology Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1960. He has served as an assistant researcher, associate researcher, researcher, and deputy director of the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of the Bureau of Resources and Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress, member of the Party Leadership Group, chairman of the Guizhou Science and Technology Association, president of the China Science and Technology Institute (Beijing) Academy of Sciences, and director of the Chinese Scientist Yearbook Editorial Committee.

　　Ouyang Ziyuan has been engaged in research on geochemistry, astrochemistry, comparative planetary science, and ecological environment catastrophes and biological extinctions inducing extraterrestrial objects to impact the earth. His academic achievements have won the National Science Conference Award, the Third and First Prize of Natural Science of the National and Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the First Prize of Natural Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

　　Qi Faren Chinese Academy of Space Technology

　　

　　Qi Faren, born in April 1933, is from Wafangdian, Liaoning. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the first chief designer of the Shenzhou Spacecraft, and an academician of the International Academy of Aerospace Sciences. He is currently a technical consultant of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. As one of the technical leaders, he participated in the development of the Dongfanghong-1 satellite. He was the chief designer of the Dongfanghong-2 and Dongfanghong-3 satellites. He presided over the development of the Shenzhou series of spacecrafts and made significant contributions to the engineering and technical fields such as manned spacecraft, satellites, and aerospace components reliability systems, and promoting the strategic development of the space industry. He has won the National Science and Technology Progress Award twice. In 2016, he was named "National Advanced Worker in Popular Science Work", in 2020, he was named "Most Beautiful Teacher" by the Ministry of Publicity and the Ministry of Education, he won the "He Liang He Li Foundation Science and Technology Achievement Award" in 2023, and in 2024, he won the title of "National Advanced Individual Retired Cadres".

　　Chen Changxiang Beijing University of Technology

　　

　　Academician Chen Changxiang is engaged in research on computer information systems, cryptographic engineering, information security architecture, system software security (secure operating systems, secure databases, etc.), network security, etc. It has completed more than 20 major scientific research projects and achieved a series of important achievements. It has won 2 first prizes, 3 second prizes, 3 third prizes, and more than ten military scientific and technological progress awards. These achievements are of great creativity in information processing and security technology, many of which have reached the world's advanced level, and have been widely used in the whole country and military, achieving very significant benefits, and have made breakthrough progress in information security and confidentiality in my country.

　　He was awarded the honorary title of "Naval Model Science and Technology Worker", and was named a young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions to the country. He was elected as a representative of the Seventh National People's Congress. In 1996, he won the first major professional and technical contribution award for the military. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in May 1995. In 2002, he won the 4th National "Guanghua Engineering Technology Award".

　　Currently, he is a member of the National Three-network Integration Expert Group, a member of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Development Advisory Committee, an advisor to the Expert Advisory Committee of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Office, a chairman of the National Confidentiality Strategy Expert Advisory Committee, a chairman of the National Information Security Level Protection Expert Committee, an advisor to the Office of the National Cryptographic Management Committee, a special expert of the Ministry of Public Security, and a chief consultant to the "Golden Shield Project". He has served as the director of the first Ministry of Education Information Security Teaching Steering Committee and is also a doctoral supervisor at many famous universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, National University of Defense Technology, Zhejiang University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University.

　　Wang Pinxian Tongji University

　　

　　Wang Pinxian, born in November 1936, is from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the Department of Geology, Moscow University, the former Soviet Union in 1960. He is a famous marine geologist in my country and a professor in the Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics of Tongji University. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991. He is currently the deputy director of the Department of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, vice chairman of the International Federation of Oceans (SCOR), chairman of the China Ocean Research Scientific Committee, and vice chairman of the China Ocean Lake Society.

　　He is mainly engaged in the research of marine microbial paleontology and paleoenvironment, and has made creative contributions to the development of marine geology in my country. He has taken the lead in conducting research on microbial fossil burial science in my country and pioneered and developed paleo-oceanology research. He has won many major awards such as the National Natural Science Award and the Ho Liang Heli Foundation Award. Among them, "The distribution of calcified microfossils in offshore sediment of my country and its paleoenvironmental significance" won the first prize of the former State Education Commission's Science and Technology Progress Award and the fourth prize of the National Natural Sciences; "The dynamic process and development trend of environmental evolution in arid and semi-arid areas in my country over 150,000 years" won the first prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Science and Technology Progress Award in 1998.