The Tencent Foundation on September 25 announced 50 recipients of the Xplore Prize and five of them are women.
The prize, with a start-up fund of a billion yuan (US $146.34 million), is a public-benefit program launched two years ago by Pony Ma Huangteng, CEO of China's tech giant Tencent, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the founding of the company. The sponsors of the award also include 14 renowned scientists including Chen-Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the CAS.
The women winners this year specialize in various research areas including science, engineering and information technology, and have made outstanding accomplishments in research areas such as aerospace science, life science and military communication.
The women winners are Chen Lingling, researcher from the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science; Li Jing, researcher from Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Huang Qianqian, doctoral supervisor with Peking University; Li Zan, professor with Xidian University; and Chen Yan, professor with Tianjin University.
Among all the 50 winners, Huang, 30, a doctoral supervisor from the Department of Micro-Nanoelectronics at Peking University, is the youngest.
Each of the winners will receive an annual cash grant of 600,000 yuan (US $87,801) for the next five years.
The award aims to encourage scientific and technological workers aged 45 and below with full-time jobs in mainland China and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions to make more contributions in their scientific research fields. The research areas focus on nine fields including mathematical physics, life sciences, astronomy and geosciences, new chemical materials, information electronics, energy and environmental protection, advanced manufacturing, transportation and construction and cutting-edge intersections.
(Source: China Women's News/Translated and edited by Women of China)
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