American Science Promotion Association in its press communique says the reason for the award to Shi Songhai was due to his outstanding contributions to the research area. Shi Songhai is now engaging in his post-doctoral research in California University of San Francisco. He left the United States on December 5 for Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, for his award and is expected to attend this year's Nobel award-giving ceremony. 

Born in Jiangsu, Shi Songhai graduated from Tsinghua University in 1996. During his study in America, he published 3 academic papers as the first writer in the renowned magazine "Science" and "Cell", of which the paper published in "Science" in 1999 was regarded one out of 10 science breakthroughs that same year.      

(People Daily)