Wang Feibai, a retired professor from the School of Foreign Languages of Yunnan University (YNU) was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation" at the meeting.
Xu Xing, professor of the Center for Vertebrate Evolutionary Biology of Yunnan University was elected as an academician of the Division of Earth Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In a well-deserved recognition of his outstanding contributions, Li Bo, the esteemed dean of the Biodiversity Research Institute of Yunnan University, was bestowed with the prestigious title of excellent sci-tech worker.
Academician Li Lanjuan was recently appointed by the School of Medicine and the Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University as its chief distinguished expert.
Fang, who is an academician, was also interviewed by China Science Daily at the university, also known as YNU – located Kunming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province.
The largely unknown story of perennial rice technology was revealed by Professor Hu Fengyi of Yunnan University, who appeared on CCTV-1's Opening Speech program on Feb 18.