The 2019 annual Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation award ceremony was held in Beijing on November 18, with 56 leading scientists in various fields receiving prizes at different levels for their remarkable achievements in science and technology.

Prof. HU Hailan was conferred the 2019 Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in the category of life sciences by the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation in recognition of her remarkable contributions to the scientific and innovative community in recent years.

The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation was established in 1994, with donations from the charitable foundations of Dr. Ho Sin Hang, Dr. Leung Kau-Kui, Dr. Ho Tim, and Dr. Lee Quo-wei’s Wei Lun Foundation Limited. It is a technology award established with the aims of rewarding outstanding and innovative Chinese academics and promoting science and technology development in the country.