The integrated results of the “Qinghai-Tibet Plateau geological theory and prospecting breakthrough” received the top award of the national scientific and technological progress
Source: The Ministry of Land And Resources website Citation: China Mining News Date: Feb. 16, 2012
Xinhua News Agency - The integrated results of the “Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Geological Theory and Prospecting Breakthrough” received the top award of the national scientific and technological progress at the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, held by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council in Beijing on the morning of February 14. In the process of implementing the project, geologists have discovered three giant metallogenic belts, seven super-massive and 25 massive deposits, which established the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as an important reserve base of strategic resource of our country. The innovation of this project is that it subverts the “Western model” in tectonic theory so that determining the dominant position of Chinese scientists in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Research; break through the constraints of the traditional international metallogenic theory, leading the research direction for the metallogenic theory of the global continent. “It is a great inspiration and stimulation that the project of the ‘Qinghai-Tibet Plateau geological theory and prospecting breakthrough’ won the National Scientific and Technological Progress Grand Prize”, stated Zhang Hongtao, the former chief engineer of the Ministry of Land, on behalf of all the award-winning staff, he added that the achievement was made by scientific and technological personnel from hundreds of scientific research, teaching and geological exploration bodies through ten years of collaborative innovation, hard work, and the challenges of life restricted area, the brave fight on the snow-covered plateau. It has filled the last blank area of the geological survey of our country, tackled a number of major scientific challenges, and realized major prospecting breakthrough, which is of great significance to improve the strategic situation of the national mineral resources, and will also play an important role in promoting the economic prosperity of the Qinghai-Tibet region, social harmony and the stability in border areas. It is learned that a total of 374 projects and 10 experts in science and technology were honored for the national science and technology awards of 2011, among which, two were capped with the National Top Science and Technology Award; the National Natural Science Award honored 36 projects, of which the first prize was vacant while the number of the second prize winners reached 36; 55 projects were awarded the National Technological Invention Award, including two first prizes, and 53 second prizes; the National Science and Technology Progress Award awarded 283 projects with one top prize, 20 first prizes, and 262 second prizes; In addition, eight foreign scientists were granted the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award of the People’s Republic of China
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