Scientific and technological innovation, "Jiangsu Army" stars shine

On November 3, at the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards Conference held in Beijing, the "Jiangsu Legion" starred: a total of 39 general projects and 1 candidate won awards, and the total number of awards ranked among the top in the country
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The 39 general projects include 3 natural science awards, 8 technological invention awards, and 28 scientific and technological progress awards, demonstrating Jiangsu's strong scientific and technological strength in major scientific discoveries, breakthroughs in key core technologies, and industrial transformation
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These award-winning projects closely follow the national strategic needs and promote the high-quality development of our province
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Closely follow the national strategy and apply it to major engineering practice

Scientific and technological progress is a powerful driving force for economic and social development and improvement of people's livelihood
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Our province's award-winning projects resonate at the same frequency as the national strategic needs, and have achieved a number of leading innovations in promoting sustainable urban development, assisting energy transition, and achieving the "dual-carbon" goal
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The project "Multi-scale Protection Theory, Key Technologies and Applications of Urban Architectural Heritage in China" led by Academician Wang Jianguo, a professor at the School of Architecture of Southeast University, won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, which is the first first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in the field of architecture in China.

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Professor Ding Jianning of Jiangsu University led a joint scientific research team to carry out research on "Key Technologies and Applications of Surface and Interface Manufacturing of High-efficiency and Low-cost Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells", breaking through major technical bottlenecks and winning the second prize of the National Technology Invention Award
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Explore the frontiers of science to obtain leading original results

Basic research is the source of scientific and technological innovation and the cornerstone of building a strong science and technology country and province
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Universities and research institutes in Jiangsu actively explore the frontiers of science and devote themselves to basic research, and this time they won 3 natural science awards
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These projects are all ten years or even twenty years of sharpening a sword
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After nearly 20 years of hard work, Xu Ye, chief researcher of the Qinghai Observatory of the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led the research team, and cooperated with Nanjing University and the Shanghai Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to achieve a breakthrough in astrometric technology, and made systematic and Groundbreaking work, related achievements won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award
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After more than ten years of research, Professor Zhou Zhihua, Director of the Department of Computer Science and Technology and Dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University, and others presided over the "New Machine Learning Theory and Method for Ambiguous Objects" project, which won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award award
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In addition, the project "Development and Application of Chemical Reaction Tools for Living Cells" participated by Professor Zhao Jin from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Nanjing University also won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award
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Break through multiple key technical bottlenecks for life and health

In this year's award-winning projects, there are many innovative achievements oriented to people's life and health
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In recent years, Jiangsu has accelerated its innovation capability in the field of life and health science and technology to meet the people's growing demand for a better life
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The "Key Technology Innovation and Clinical Transformation of Ischemic Heart Disease Cell Therapy" project jointly completed by the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and other units, solved the above problems through cell therapy, and won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award
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Professor Gu Zhengbiao of Jiangnan University has studied for decades
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He led the team to conquer the key technology of "precise design of starch structure and product creation", and won the second prize of the National Technology Invention Award
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