On October 18th, the opening ceremony of the 2020 World Young Scientist Summit was held in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. It is understood that more than 800 people, including 12 top scientists and 113 academicians, participated in this summit online and offline, and about 70% were young scientists under the age of 45.
"It is not easy to hold the World Young Scientists Summit in the current context, and it has its special significance. In the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, whether in medical or other scientific fields, young medical workers and scientists accounted for percent. Sixty to seventy. They have played an important role in mass prevention and control at the community level, the establishment of shelter hospitals, early diagnosis, treatment of critically ill patients, and vaccine research and development. During the nine-month epidemic prevention and control, young medical workers and Scientists have played the main role." Zhong Nanshan, the winner of the Medal of the Republic and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said in a keynote speech at the conference.
The World Young Scientists Summit is an event co-sponsored and co-sponsored by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province for young high-level talents around the world. It is held once a year. The first summit was held in Wenzhou, China from October 26th to 27th last year. President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the summit.
This summit will continue to focus on the positioning of Chairman Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter "The future of science and technology is in youth", with the theme of "Gathering talents from all over the world, creating a better future", and in-depth discussions on topics such as the United Nations sustainable development goals and focusing on youth and the future. . Set up the opening ceremony, dialogue about the future, dream achievement, reunion and sharing and other major activities. Including "Global Youth Science and Technology Leaders Roundtable", "Great Health Forum", "Chinese and Foreign University Presidents Forum", "International Young Women Scientists Forum" and other important activities. The topics of various activities also focused on hot topics such as the “epidemic” of the science and technology war, the “Belt and Road” initiative, and the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region.
Affected by the epidemic situation, this year's summit will be held in the form of "mainly offline, combining online and offline, and interacting within and outside the country." At this summit, Greg Semenza, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2019, Daniel Shechtman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011, and Zhu, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011 Hoffman, 2009 Nobel Prize winner Ada Jonat and other 12 world’s top scientists participated in the conference through a network connection, and 113 Chinese and foreign academicians participated in the conference through a combination of online and offline Summit.
At the opening ceremony, the 16th China Association for Science and Technology Youth Award Ceremony was held, and 100 young scientists from universities and research institutes across the country won the award. Among them, 10 people including Sun Mingbo, Sun Jinji, He Yuanzhi, Gu Lin, Chen Lingling, Xu Chuang, Guo Qinglai, Huang Rujin, Chang Chao, and Zeng Jie won the Special Award for Youth Science and Technology Award. It is reported that the China Youth Science and Technology Award was established in 1987. In the second year, 10% of the winners became academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
