The China Association for Science and Technology announced in Beijing Saturday the result of a public ballot to choose the "top 10 science and technology developments in China in 2002."
More than 133,000 people across China voted in the poll.
The result is as follows:
-- Chinese scientists began unraveling the mystery of aging cells;
-- Computer expert Wang Xuan and solid state and semi-conductor physicist Huang Kun are awarded the top national prize for science and technology development by President Jiang Zemin;
-- The "Shenzhou III" spaceship was successfully launched and returned to earth;
-- China developed the first cancer detection bio-chip;
-- Chinese scientists built the world's first continental drill for scientific purposes in super high pressure metamorphite rock;
-- China discovered its first world-class gas field, with reserves of 600 billion cubic meters;
-- China's first direct and alternating current integration system debuted;
-- China solved the technical problem of building a tunnel through frozen earth in the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway;
-- China introduced its law on disseminating science and technology knowledge;
-- With "Dragon I," China saw the introduction of its own CPU chip.
(Xinhua News Agency January 27, 2003)
