Four AIR Research Results Win 2020 National Science and Technology Award

At the annual ceremony of the National Science and Technology Award held in Beijing on November 3, the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) won four prizes for the 2020 National Science and Technology Award.

AIR won a first and a second prize for the National Technological Invention Award as the first research unit, a first prize for the National Science and Technology Progress Award as the fifth research unit, and a second prize for the National Technological Invention Award as the third research unit.

The National Science and Technology Award is the highest award of China in the field. It is divided into five types: the National Preeminent Science and Technology Award, the National Natural Science Award, the National Technological Invention Award, the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.

Last year, AIR won three prizes for the 2019 National Science and Technology Award, including a first and a second prize as the first research unit, and a second prize as the second research unit.