Li Deren and Xue Qikun won the 2023 National Highest Science and Technology Award! A quick look at the winners of the National Highest Science and Technology Award

The 2023 National Highest Science and Technology Award was announced in Beijing on June 24. Two more scientists were added to the list of winners of the National Highest Science and Technology Award - 85-year-old photogrammetry and remote sensing scientist Academician Li Deren and 61-year-old condensed matter physics scientist Academician Xue Qikun .

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Li Deren is a famous photogrammetry and remote sensing scientist who has been committed to improving my country's surveying, mapping, remote sensing and earth observation capabilities. He has mastered the core technologies of global high-precision positioning and mapping of satellite remote sensing, solved a series of difficult problems in high-precision processing of remote sensing satellite images, and led his team to develop a fully automatic high-precision aerial and ground measurement system, making outstanding contributions to the construction of my country's high-precision and high-resolution earth observation system.

Xue Qikun is a famous scientist in the field of condensed matter physics and has made many important scientific breakthroughs. He led his team to experimentally observe the quantum anomalous Hall effect for the first time, which had a significant academic impact internationally; he discovered interface-enhanced high-temperature superconductivity in heterojunction systems, opening up a new research direction in the field of high-temperature superconductivity internationally.

A quick look at the winners of the National Highest Science and Technology Award

Comprehensive sources: Xinhua News Agency, Xinhuanet Science and Technology Channel, Science and Technology Daily, etc.