Jilin wins 2017 State Preeminent Science and Technology Awards

Jilin won nine awards among all 271 awarded programs in the 2017 State Preeminent Science and Technology Award Conference held in Beijing on Jan 8.

Research by the First Hospital of Jilin University on the new mechanism of the interaction between HIV and the natural defensive factors of its parasitifer was awarded the second prize of the National Natural Science Awards.

The hospital started the research in 2000. Professor Yu Xiaofang, team leader of the program, says that as an incurable disease, AIDS has been a serious threat to human health.

The vaccine based on the results of the research is the first one used in phase I and II clinical trials. It provides guidance for other research on treatments for AIDS and other related disorders.

A program of key technologies and their application to effective grid connection and defense against disconnection in large-scale wind power projects by Northeast Electric Power University won the second prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award.

The research team led by Professor Mu Gang overcame difficulties in large-scale wind power grid connection and security through research carried out over eleven years.

"Results of the program will be applied in grid connection of large-scale wind power bases, bringing both economic and social benefits," says professor Mu, "The program will promote healthy development of wind power, energy transformation and solutions on climate change for China."

Another winner of the second prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress Award was the Jilin Provincial Transport Scientific Research Institute.

Its program of key technologies for creating durable freeze-proofed and ecologically protected expressways in seasonally-frozen regions advances their construction in ecologically sensitive regions and enriches China's experience in the sector.