Professor Song Erwei Granted with Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation’s Science and Technology Innovation Award

Prof. Song Erwei

With the 2013 winning list of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation being unveiled, professor Song Erwei, leader of the Breast Tumor Center and vice president of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, has been honored with the Science and Technology Innovation Award.

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation is a Chinese non-government organization founded in 1994 jointly by Mr. He Shanheng, Mr. Liang Qiuju, Mr. He Tian, and Mr. Li Guowei. The foundation’s aim is to award Chinese scientists with outstanding achievements, to respect knowledge and talents, to promote a healthy environment for scientific researches, to motivate scientists to live up to the scientific dreams, and to accelerate the progress of China’s modern development.

By far, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation award has been recognized as one of the most prestigious, credible and influential prizes in China. For the past years, leaders of the nation and the Communist Party of China have been attending the award-granting ceremonies of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, where they would deliver encouraging speeches and guide the route to scientific pursuit. By the end of 2012, the foundation has honored 1,002 scientists, engineers, and other professionals in the scientific and technological industry, which not only promotes China’s scientific and technological developments, but also enhances the creativity and originality of science talents. The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation awards have become the models for other non-governmental scientific awards in China.

Science and Technology Achievement Award, Science and Technology Progress Award, and Science and Technology Innovation Award are the three prizes provided by Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation on an annual basis. Professor Song Erwei has won the Science and Technology Innovation Award in 2013. This award is the acknowledgement for his scientific spirit of persistence and innovation, and his achievement in biomedical science.