Awards
He received the first prize of the National Natural Science Award (国家自然科学奖) in 1982. He received the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (国家科技进步奖特等奖) in 1985. He received along with Qian Sanqiang both posthumously in September 1999 the special prize of Two Bombs and One Satellite Meritorious Award (“两弹一星功勋奖章”) granted by the State Council, the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Central Military Commission .
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