Recently, the 16th China Youth Science and Technology Award announced that Prof. Zhu Jihong, the dean of the school of mechanical engineering, was selected.

         It is reported that the China Youth Science and Technology Award is jointly established and implemented by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China and the China Association for Science and Technology. It is aimed at bringing up a group of young academic and technological leaders who have entered the forefront of world science and technology, and to commend and reward young scientific and technological talents who have made outstanding achievements in national economic development, social progress and scientific and technological innovation. Up to now, among the nearly 1500 winners in the past 30 years, 60 have been elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 82 have been elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of engineering, and nearly 10% of the winners have been elected academicians.