Scientists have been of vital importance to the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and attempts to develop breakthroughs in key scientific and technological areas. China Daily photographer Zhu Xingxin zooms in on some of the scientists who made major contributions.
CAS president Bai Chunli gives a lecture to freshmen at the Yanqi Lake campus of the University of CAS in Beijing on Sept 13. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY
From left: Xi Nanhua, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a mathematician with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhou Qi, a CAS academician and a stem cell and developmental biologist. Gao Hongjun, a CAS academician and a condensed matter physicist. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY
From left: Pu Muming, a CAS academician and neuroscientist. Ye Tianchun, director of the CAS' Institute of Microelectronics. Kang Le, a CAS academician, ecologist and entomologist. Sun Ninghui, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the CAS' Institute of Computing Technology. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY
Source: China Daily
Editor: GAO Yuan
