Hou Jianguo, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was elected President of the Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries

China News Service, Beijing, October 16 (Reporter Sun Zifa) According to the official online platform of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on October 16, the Academy of Developing Countries (TWAS) announced on October 14, local time, that a new board of directors was elected by TWAS academicians of the Academy of Developing Countries. Hou Jianguo, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was elected as the president of the Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries.

The Academy of Sciences for Developing Countries was established in November 1983. It is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit international scientific organization headquartered in the Italian city of Trieste. Currently, the Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries has more than 1,400 academicians from 112 countries, and there are more than 400 members of the Young Correspondence Academician Network.

The Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries is committed to supporting and promoting scientific research, scientific capacity building and the cultivation of outstanding talents in developing countries. Every year, it carries out academic seminars, capacity building training courses, exchange visits for young scientific researchers and other activities in developing countries in Asia, Africa, South America and other regions, and contributes scientific and technological strength to address sustainable development issues such as food security, climate change, life and health faced by developing countries.

According to official information from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hou Jianguo is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an academician of the Academy of Sciences for Developing Countries. He is currently the President and Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Executive Chairman of the Presidium of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Hou Jianguo is a physical chemist and nanomaterials expert. His research fields include nanomaterials and structures, single-molecule physics and chemistry, and scanning tunneling microscopy. He has won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, the first prize of the Natural Science Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Major Scientific and Technological Achievement Award of Anhui Province, the first prize of the Science and Technology Award of Anhui Province, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award, the Tan Kah Kee Science Award, the Special Prize of the China Analytical Testing Association Award, and the Asian Achievement Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Society. (over)