Date: June 2, 2023

Source: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Institute of CNS Regeneration (GHMICR) and Office of Scientific R&D

Author: Wang Xiao

Translator: XIE Hongming

Guangdong held the ceremony for the Most Outstanding Scientific and Technological Workers and an interview about promoting China's high-quality development at the Guangdong Science Center on May 30, the seventh National Day of Science and Technology. Prof. Kwok-Fai So, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and dean of JNU's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Institute of Central Nervous System (CNS) Regeneration, was honored as Giangdong's the most beautiful scientific and technological worker of 2023. He spoke on Scientific and Technological Innovation in Greater Bay Area Development.

(SU, sixth from right)

Twenty scientific and technological workers have been given the title “Most Outstanding Sci-Tech Worker” for their hard work, dedication, and innovation in making outstanding achievements in research and popularizing science. They come from fields including universities, research institutes, technology enterprises, hospitals, and institutions in new research and development. The event was organized under the auspices of six organizations, including the Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology and the Publicity Department of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. 

(SU, first row, third from left)

The opening ceremony, Stories of Scientists: The Most Beautiful Sci-Tech Worker, was held at the Guangzhou TV Studio. 

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Prof. Kwok-Fai So, dean of JNU's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Institute of Central Nervous System Regeneration (GHMICR) is JNU's leader in neurobiology. He was selected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999 and academician of the U.S. Inventor Society in 2015. He is currently director of the Ministry of Education's International Cooperative Joint Laboratory of CNS Regeneration. A pioneer in optic regeneration and an internationally renowned scientist in neuroprotection and neuroregeneration, So is a co-chairman of the board of China's Spinal Cord Training Research Collaboration Group. He has won the National Natural Science Award, the China Spinal Cord Training Rehabilitation Care Contribution Award, the Rick-Hansen Extraordinary Achievement Award and the Everfront Award. He has published more than 400 papers, most of them in journals with high impact factors, including Nature Medicine, Neuron, Science Advance, Nature Communications, Nature Protocol and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, with articles referenced 20,833 times and 16 authorized patents. He is the editor of the journal Neural Regeneration Research, deputy editor of Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, and an editorial board member of Cell Transplantation.