50 young scientists awarded Xplorer Prize (7)

Awardees of Xplorer Prize in information and electronics technologies field pose for a group photo with the presenter during the 2019 Xplorer Prize award ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 2, 2019. The 2019 Xplorer Prizeawards ceremony kicked off here on Saturday. The Xplorer Prize was jointly initiated by Tencent Chairman and CEO Pony Ma and 14 scientists in 2018 to support full-time Chinese mainland-based scientists under age of 45 in areas of fundamental science and cutting-edge technologies. The 50 winners were from 26 organizations across China, including research institutions, universities and an enterprise. Nine of them were under the age of 35. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)