1October 3rd, 1987 165438+ Yuan Longping, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, director of the National Hybrid Rice Engineering and Technology Research Center, and an expert on hybrid rice, was awarded the "Science Award" by UNESCO for his outstanding achievements in cultivating high-yield hybrid rice. This is the 87-year science award certificate awarded to Yuan Longping by 10/65438+by UNESCO Director-General Mbo (first from the right) at UNESCO headquarters on October 3rd.
1997165438+1On October 3rd, the Beijing-Kowloon Railway passed the national formal acceptance. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs from Beijing in the north to Shenzhen in the south, connecting Hong Kong and Kowloon, and runs through nine provinces and cities. The main line, with a total length of 2,397 kilometers, is another north-south passage between Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Shanghai trunk lines in China. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway has a total investment of 40 billion yuan. This is the situation that the Acceptance Committee listened to the introduction of the supervisor at the Yellow River Bridge.
On June 3, 2003, a major fire broke out in Hengzhou Building, a commercial and residential building in Hengyang City, Hunan Province. Some houses on the west, north and south sides of the commercial and residential building collapsed instantly, and 10 fire officers and soldiers were crushed in the ruins. In this fire accident, a total of 20 fire officers and soldiers died and 1 1 fire officers and soldiers were injured, which was the most serious casualty among fire officers and soldiers since the founding of New China. Due to the timely evacuation, there were no casualties among residents and people at the scene. This is a rescuer who braved the thick smoke to dig carefully in the ruins.
20041October 3-5, the first World Congress of Engineers, co-sponsored by China Association for Science and Technology, China Academy of Engineering and Shanghai Municipal Government, was held in Shanghai. More than 3000 engineers from 58 countries and regions attended the meeting. The theme of this conference is "Engineers Shape the Future of Sustainable Development". The meeting adopted the Shanghai Declaration on Engineers and Sustainable Future. The World Congress of Engineers is the largest and highest-level event in the global engineering field, which is held every four years. This is 165438+200413 October, and the World Congress of Engineers opened in Shanghai.