Winners of China's top sci-tech award for the year 2025 Chen Liquan (R), a researcher at the Institute of Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and a Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) academician, and Ben De, a researcher at the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation and a CAE academician, pose for a photo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 8, 2026. A meeting bringing together the national science and technology award conference, the general assemblies of the members of the CAS and the CAE, and the 11th national congress of the China Association for Science and Technology was held here on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)