Professor Jiang Wenguo |
Chinese professor Jiang Wenguo was awarded the Order of the British Empire on March 16, bestowed by Britain's Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. Jiang became the first scientist from the Chinese mainland to win this honor, thanks to his outstanding contribution to cancer research.
Jiang is currently teaching at Cardiff University. Over the past two decades, he has made tremendous contributions to medical cooperation and training in the U.K. and China. A cancer research cooperation project led by Jiang in cooperation with Peking University and Capital Medical University was previously awarded the Times Higher Education Award for international cooperation. Jiang also established the Cardiff University scholarship for Chinese medicine, cultivating more than 100 medical and research talents from Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Shandong, Inner Mongolia and Northeast China.