Two scientists win China's top science award
(ECNS) -- Chinese scientists Li Deren and Xue Qikun won China's top science award on Monday for their contributions to the country's science and technology development.
Li, a famous photogrammetric and remote sensing scientist, has been committed to improving surveying and mapping remote sensing for Earth observation in China, while Xue, a renowned scientist in condensed matter physics, has made many important breakthroughs in this field.
![Li Deren (L) and Xue Qikun](http://image.cns.com.cn/ecns_editor/transform/20240624/y_A8-hectfhk5561327.jpg)
Li, 84, is an academician at Wuhan University. He has successfully developed core technologies for global high-precision positioning and mapping using satellite remote sensing.
Xue, 61, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He and his team have made two major scientific discoveries -- quantum anomalous Hall effect and interface-enhanced high-temperature superconductivity in heterostructure systems, both of which have a great academic impact internationally.
Xue also served as vice president of Tsinghua University and is now president of Southern University of Science and Technology.