On November 27, 1895, Nobel signed a will of all the salable properties left after his death: all properties will be used as a fund to establish the Nobel Prize, and the fund interest will be withdrawn every year and awarded to the recipient. People who have made significant contributions to human culture and science. According to estimates at the time, his estate was approximately 33 million kronor (Swedish currency, equivalent to approximately US$9.2 million).

The Nobel Prize is divided into five categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology and Medicine, Literature, and Peace Prize. The Physics and Chemistry Prizes are awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Physiology and Medicine Prizes are awarded by the Swedish Karolinska Institute, the Literature Prizes are awarded by the Swedish Academy, and the Peace Prizes are awarded by the Norwegian Parliament (Norway and Sweden co-existed in the same country at that time). Kingdom) is responsible for issuing.

In 1968, the Swedish Bank decided to add an economics prize, which was provided by the Swedish Bank. The Nobel Prize is awarded every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, with a grand ceremony in the spacious concert hall in Stockholm. The Peace Prize is awarded on the same day at a meeting ceremony convened by the Norwegian Parliament in Oslo. The Nobel Prize has now become the highest personal honor in academia and the most prestigious international award. ?

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For Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, the Nobel Prize also came a little late because she is already 83 years old. This is just as some foreign media ridiculed. In order to win the Nobel Prize, in addition to having fame and achievements, you must also live long enough. As early as 2011, when Tu Youyou won the Lasker Prize, the scientific community had high expectations for her, but the Nobel Prize preferred Western faces.

Tu Youyou’s award is a great gift from traditional Chinese medicine to mankind. The Jin Dynasty’s "Emergency Prescriptions" records the prescriptions for treating cold and heat malaria: "One handful of Artemisia annua, soaked in two liters of water, and twisted "Tu Youyou's award also represents the wisdom of a collective scientific research team and the gratitude and respect for traditional Chinese medicine for the millions of malaria patients around the world saved by artemisinin. However, this still makes people sigh. As early as 1965, Chinese scientists artificially synthesized bovine insulin for the first time but missed the Nobel Prize for some reasons.

Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. In addition to sending blessings, people need to be more calm, calm and reflective. Today's China is no longer as neglected as it was in 1965. It ranks second in the world in terms of economic aggregate and scientific research funding, and its increasingly important role on the world stage has given the Chinese people enough confidence.

As long as we keep up with the pace of the times and the world's cutting-edge science and technology, deepen the reform of the scientific research system environment, improve and encourage more scientific and technological talents to devote themselves to research and work hard, more and more scientists in China will go to various places around the world. Podium for big awards.

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