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Xinhua Xianbao: The 2025 National Science and Technology Awards Are Announced

新华鲜报丨2025年度国家科学技术奖揭晓

Source: Xinhua | Reporters: Hu Zhe, Gu Tiancheng | 2026-07-08

Glory converges, and innovation lights up the future.

荣光汇聚，创新点亮未来。

On July 8, the 2025 National Science and Technology Awards were announced, with 258 projects and 11 science and technology experts selected in all. Academician Chen Liquan of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academician Ben De of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation won the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award; there were 51 State Natural Science Awards, including 3 first prizes and 48 second prizes; 58 State Technological Invention Awards, including 3 first prizes and 55 second prizes; 149 State Science and Technology Progress Awards, including 3 special prizes, 13 first prizes, and 133 second prizes; and the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China was conferred on 9 people.

7月8日，2025年度国家科学技术奖揭晓，共评选出258个项目和11名科技专家，中国科学院物理研究所陈立泉院士和中国电子科技集团有限公司贲德院士获国家最高科学技术奖；国家自然科学奨51项，其中一等奖3项、二等奖48项；国家技术发明奖58项，其中一等奖3项、二等奖55项；国家科学技术进步奖149项，其中特等奖3项、一等奖13项、二等奖133项；授予9人中华人民共和国国际科学技术合作奖。

Academician Chen Liquan is the founder, pioneer, and leader of China's lithium battery field. He initiated China's research in solid-state ionics, developed China's first lithium battery, established the first pilot production line, and launched the industrialization of lithium batteries in China; he broke through the intellectual property barriers of key materials such as lithium iron phosphate and lithium cobalt oxide, resolutely defended China's rights and interests in lithium battery development, and made outstanding contributions to China's global leadership in the lithium battery industry; he proposed and realized the "in-situ solidification" battery technology route, promoted sodium batteries from original innovation toward large-scale application, and laid the foundation for China's strategically proactive position in next-generation battery technology.

陈立泉院士是我国锂电池领域的奠基人、开拓者和引领者。他开创了我国固态离子学研究先河，研制出我国首块锂电池，建立首条中试线，开启了我国锂电池产业化进程；突破了磷酸铁锂、钴酸锂等关键材料知识产权壁垒，坚定捍卫了我国锂电池发展权益，为我国锂电池产业全球领先作出了卓越贡献；他提出并实现了“原位固态化”电池技术路线，推动钠电池从原始创新走向规模化应用，奠定了我国在新一代电池技术领域的战略主动地位。

Academician Ben De is the founder of China's airborne pulse Doppler radar technology, a principal pioneer of phased array radar technology, and a forerunner of space-based surveillance radar technology. He successfully developed China's first airborne pulse Doppler fire-control radar and first large long-range phased array early-warning radar. The two root technologies of modern radar he broke through — pulse Doppler and phased array — have led the development of China's land, sea, air, and space early-warning and detection radar systems; thousands of backbone radars have been fielded, forging the "fiery eyes and golden pupils" of China's command of information, and making outstanding contributions to national defense security.

贲德院士是我国机载脉冲多普勒雷达技术的奠基者、相控阵雷达技术的主要开创者、天基监视雷达技术的先行者。他成功研制出我国首部机载脉冲多普勒火控雷达、首部大型远程相控阵预警雷达，突破的脉冲多普勒和相控阵两项现代雷达根技术，引领我国雷达陆海空天预警探测体系发展，已装备数千部骨干雷达，铸就了我国制信息权的“火眼金睛”，为国防安全作出了卓越贡献。

They chose one cause and devoted their whole lives to it, fearing neither the difficulty of breakthroughs nor the risks of exploration, writing their papers on the soil of the motherland, using hard-core breakthroughs to safeguard national development and security, and using innovative results to benefit hundreds of millions of people — vividly embodying the patriotic feeling and sense of mission of science and technology workers in the new era.

他们择一事、终一生，不畏攻关之难、不惧探索之险，把论文写在祖国大地上，用硬核突破守护国家发展安全，用创新成果惠及亿万百姓，生动诠释了新时代科技工作者的家国情怀与使命担当。

When science and technology thrive, the nation thrives; when science and technology are strong, the country is strong. From deep cultivation of basic research to unlocking the mysteries of nature, from the stunning debut of major national engineering feats to the taking root of science and technology serving people's livelihoods, one award-winning achievement after another and one innovation breakthrough after another link together the magnificent journey of accelerating the achievement of high-level science and technology self-reliance and self-strengthening.

科技兴则民族兴，科技强则国家强。从深耕基础研究到解锁自然奥秘，从大国重器惊艳亮相到民生科技落地生根，一项项获奖成果、一个个创新突破，串联起加快实现高水平科技自立自强的壮阔征程。

Looking at the overall picture of this year's award recipients and achievements, three main characteristics stand out.

从此次获奖人员和成果总体情况看，主要反映出3方面特点。

—— Deeply cultivating basic and frontier exploration, consolidating the foundation of scientific and technological innovation.