The winners of the first National Science and Technology Award were Mr. Wu Wenjun and Mr. Yuan Longping. They won this honor at the first national science and technology awards conference on 1999. Mr. Wu Wenjun won the prize for his outstanding contribution in the field of mathematics, and Mr. Yuan Longping won this honor for his outstanding achievements in agricultural science, especially in rice hybrid breeding. Mr Yuan Longping is known as "the father of hybrid rice".
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Wu Wenjun and Yuan Longping are two outstanding scientists in China. They have made remarkable achievements in mathematics and agriculture respectively, and made great contributions to science and technology in China.
Wu Wenjun, a famous mathematician, 19 19 was born in Shanghai. 1940 graduated from Shanghai jiaotong university, then worked in the institute of mathematics of China academy of sciences, and began to study topology under the guidance of Mr. Chen Shengshen. 1947 went to study in France, where he studied under Ehrismann and Kadang, and 1949 received a national doctorate from France.
After the founding of New China, Wu Wenjun returned to the motherland and became a professor of mathematics in Peking University. From 65438 to 0952, he became a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of China Academy of Sciences. His research covers topology, mathematical mechanization, demonstration and other fields, and has made great contributions to the development of mathematics in China. 65438-0956 won the first prize of the first National Natural Science Award and was named an academician of China Academy of Sciences.
Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice", was born in Beijing from 65438 to 0930. 1953 graduated from Southwest Agricultural College and worked in Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Yuan Longping began to study rice hybrid breeding technology in 1960s. Through unremitting efforts, new rice varieties with high yield, disease resistance and stress resistance have been successfully cultivated, which has greatly improved China's grain output.
His research not only solved the food problem in China, but also contributed to the global food security. Yuan Longping 198 1 won the first prize of the national invention award, 1996 won the scientific prize of UNESCO, and won the national moral model in 2006.
Wu Wenjun and Yuan Longping, two scientists, devoted themselves to scientific research and rigorous scholarship, made outstanding contributions to China's scientific and technological undertakings with their wisdom and sweat, and won the admiration and praise of the people. Their advanced deeds inspire the vast number of scientific and technological workers to climb the peak of science and contribute to the prosperity and development of the country.