HNUST won 15 prizes in the Hunan Innovative Construction Promotion & Hunan Science and Technology Award Conference in Changsha, Hunan Province, on February 27, 2019. Prof. WAN Bu-yan, the 11th “Hunan Guangzhao Science and Technology Award” winner, and Prof. WANG Wei-jun, the leader of the project Control of Wall Rock Destruction and Roof Falling Disasters in Mining Tunnels, first prize of Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Awards, received their awards at the conference.
HNUST set a new record in the number and the grade of the awards with the total number of awards ranking first among the provincial universities and colleges and the awarded projects covering a wider range of disciplines than before. As the first contributor, HNUST obtained 1 first prize, 3 second prizes and 3 third prizes of Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Awards, 1 second prize and 1 third prize of Provincial Natural Science Awards, and 1 second prize and 1 third prize of Provincial Technology Invention Awards. As the co-contributor, HNUST received 1 third prize of Provincial Technology Invention Awards, 2 third prizes of Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Awards and 1 third prize of Provincial Natural Science Awards.
The conference was held by the People’s Government of Hunan Province to enhance scientific and technological innovations and their transformation as a strong support for the construction of the national innovation system as well as the local economic and social development. It was an active response to the national innovation-driven development strategy and the provincial innovation-leading development strategy.
It was presided by WU Lan, CPC Hunan Provincial Committee deputy secretary. Its attenders included the award winners and a number of provincial leaders, among whom DU Jia-hao, CPC Hunan Provincial Committee secretary, XU Da-zhe, CPC Hunan Provincial Committee deputy secretary and Hunan governor, and LI Wei-wei, CPPCC Hunan Provincial, Committee chairwoman presented the trophies to the award-winners.
It was reported that this conference awarded 218 projects (1 special prize, 29 first prizes, 72 second prizes, 116 third prizes) and 2 teams.
(Translated by LI Fei, JIANG Ying and Revised by LIU Luo-lin and LIU Ying-jiao)
