Chinese make up record proportion in WEF list of young scientists at forefront of cutting-edge technology

  • Five academics from some of China's most prestigious universities and one based in the US are among six Chinese scientists named in this year’s list

A rocket carrying two satellites for the Beidou Navigation Satellite System blasts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. A Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher focusing on Beidou was named in the WEF list. Photo: Xinhua

Five academics from some of China's most prestigious universities and one based in the US are among six Chinese scientists named in this year’s World Economic Forum list of 25 scientists under 40 at the forefront of scientific discovery.

Each year the WEF compiles a list of young scientists, and this year’s line up has the highest proportion of Chinese since the project began in 2014. At that time there were no China-based scholars and only two Chinese from American institutes, out of a total of 30.

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