Highest Science and Technology Award

Highest Science and Technology Award
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Presented byPresident of the People's Republic of China
Reward(s)8 million RMB
First awarded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Number of laureates29 as of 2017
Highest Science and Technology Award
Traditional Chinese國家最高科學技術獎
Simplified Chinese国家最高科学技术奖
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuójiā Zuìgāo Kēxué Jìshù Jiǎng

The Highest Science and Technology Award[1][2] (Chinese: 国家最高科学技术奖) also known as the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, State Supreme Science and Technology Award, or China's Nobel Prize[3] is the highest scientific award issued by the President of the PRC to scientists working in China. The award, given annually each January since 2000, is one of the five State Science and Technology Prizes established by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

The award comes with a prize of 8 million RMB (about 1.16 million USD), with 10% of this awarded, as a bonus to the scientist and the remainder awarded to support the scientist's research.

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  2. ^ "What are the two academicians who won the highest science and technology award in the country?". news.cbt9.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  3. ^ Cong Cao (June 2004). "Chinese Science and the 'Nobel Prize Complex'". Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy. 42 (2): 158. doi:10.1023/B:MINE.0000030020.28625.7e. S2CID 144522961.