Two scientific research achievements of SYSU win the second prize of 2013 State Natural Sciences Award

The National Science and Technology Awards Conference was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 10, 2014. Leaders of the CPC and the state Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan and Zhang Gaoli attended the conference and presented certificates to representatives of the award winners. State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, State Natural Sciences Award, State Technology Invention Award, State Science and Technology Progress Award, and International Science and Technology Cooperation Award were conferred at the conference. Two scientific research achievements of Sun Yat-sen University won the second prize of State Natural Sciences Award respectively: “Supramolecular Assembly Behaviors of Metal-Organic Materials in Coordination Nanospace and Their Structure-Property Relationship” undertaken by the research team of Professor Su Chengyong from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and “Studies on the function-targeting preparation of nanoscaled electrocatalytic energy materials and their synergistic effect” by the research team of Professor Shen Peikang from the School of Physics & Engineering. Academician Zhang Cunhao and Academician Cheng Kaijia won the 2013 State Preeminent Science and Technology Award. There were 1 first prize and 53 second prizes of State Natural Sciences Award; 2 first prizes and 69 second prizes of State Technology Invention Award; 3 grand prizes, 24 first prizes and 161 second prizes of State Science and Technology Progress Award. Eight foreign scientists won International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.