Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), receives an interview in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 23, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
File photo shows a portrait of Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [IAP of CAS/Handout via Xinhua]
Zeng Qingcun received China's top science award on Friday for his outstanding contributions to scientific and technological innovation at an annual ceremony held in Beijing to honor distinguished scientists, engineers, and research achievements. Zeng, 85, is a famous meteorologist from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics under the CAS. His theory of numerical weather prediction solved the problems of timeliness and stability in calculating multi-scale weather change processes and is the basis of the global numerical weather prediction technology. Zeng's visionary study on global climate change has brought him a host of accolades and international acclaim, including the world's top prize for meteorological work.
File photo taken in November 2012 shows Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), working at his office in CAS, Beijing, capital of China. [IAP of CAS/Handout via Xinhua]
Photo taken on Nov 29, 2014 shows a portrait of Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). [Photo/Xinhua]
File photo taken in 2015 shows Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, speaking at the International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Beijing, capital of China. [IAP of CAS/Handout via Xinhua]
A convenience box, which contains a power bank, medical gauze, bottled water and many other items, waits on a public bus in Beijing for passengers to use on Jan 10, 2020. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]
A dozen public buses in Beijing have been equipped with a convience box to better serve passengers. Each box contains more than 20 items including a power bank, plastic bags, medical gauze, candy, note pad, pens and a bottle of water.
Bus driver Chang Hongxia, third from left, who came up the idea of a convenience box on buses to help passengers, poses for photos with convenience boxes and her colleagues in Beijing on Jan 10, 2020. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]
The idea was initiated by a bus driver named Chang Hongxia from Beijing Public Transport Cooperation and will be expanded to more buses in the capital.
Lanterns of various shapes illuminate Shanghai's Yu Garden on Jan 10, 2020. [Photo by Xing Yi/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Shanghai's Yu Garden historical tourist site will be illuminated by modern and traditional lantern installations from Jan 10 to Feb 11. The annual light show for Spring Festival and Lantern Festival is a city tradition, first started in 1995.
The upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year will be the Year of the Mouse, and therefore a variety of mouse lanterns are featured in the light show — from the traditional style of a lucky mouse to the Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
A boy who is going to take G8504 bullet train poses for photos with train crew at Chongqing North Railway Station in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A passenger holding a Spring Festival decoration poses for photos with her child at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in east China's Shanghai, Jan. 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A volunteer helps a passenger pass the ticket check at the Hefei South Railway Station in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]