The Chinese government Friday awarded six foreign scientists for
their outstanding achievements in cooperation with Chinese
colleagues in science and technology.
The scientists are Michael Petzet, Charles Y. Yang, Bjorn Erik
Wilhelm Nordenstom, Huanyu Mao, Kuroda Yoshimasu and Jose Israel
Vargas.
German heritage protection expert Petzet, 69, led a group of
archaeologists to research protection of the colored layers of the
terra-cotta warriors excavated in the Qinshihuang Tomb.
Yang, a 71-year-old Chinese American, guided Chinese agriculturists
to cultivate fine species of farm produce. He helped popularize
advanced agricultural technology throughout China.
Nordenstom from Sweden, 82, invented a new method for curing lung
cancer. He started a medical training campus in 1987 in China and
also allowed Chinese medical workers to use his technology
freely.
Mao, a 51-year-old Chinese Canadian, helped Chinese enterprises
develop lithium batteries. He is now employed by China's Ministry
of Information Industry.
Japanese petrologist Kuroda, 75, initiated the Research Center for
Mineral Resource Research and Exploration in China. As an honorary
professor of the Institute of Geology under the Chinese Academy of
Sciences, he has done considerable work in improving bilateral
scientific exchanges between Chinese and Japanese scientists.
Vargas, former Brazilian minister of science and technology who is
now 74 years old, paid great attention to bilateral cooperation in
space technology. Under his baton, Brazilian scientists joined
hands with their Chinese counterparts to research earth resource
satellites.
(People's Daily
February 2, 2002)