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
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
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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

Coco Feng
Coco Feng in Beijing

Updated: 7:15pm, 27 May, 2020

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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
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
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