The top science and technology minds of 2021
From leading engineers to outstanding entrepreneurs, 10 people were honored as this year's "most beautiful scientific and technological workers" in Shanghai.
Of them, Ding Wenjiang, a renowned materials science and engineering specialist, has developed the world's best and lightest magnesium alloys with rare earth metals, and he has opened up a new era of using magnesium as metallic implants in human beings.
Ding Wenjiang
Zhu Zhencai was involved in the development of China's quantum satellite via Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) and China's BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS).
Zhu Zhencai
Wu Guoqiang, hailed as the first urban planning master, has initiated the smart urban planning concept that has been applied in several major projects, such as World Expo 2010 Shanghai, Beijing's subcenter and Xiong'an New Area in Hebei.
Wu Zhiqiang
Drug developer Liu Hong has led the research of a new anti-coronavirus drug , which has begun clinical trials in the United States. Also, she has been recruited to serve as deputy editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, which has enhanced Chinese female scientists' influence in the global scientific community.
Liu Hong
Other honorees are shipbuilding experts Mao Xianqun and Hu Keyi, textile engineer Yang Shibin, Chenshan Botanical Garden director Hu Yonghong, advanced laser technology researcher Hou Xia and Shi Jianlin, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Mao Xianqun
Hu Keyi
Yang Shibin
Hu Yonghong
Hou Xia
Shi Jianlin
