Though China has never won a Nobel Prize, the nation has most of the key elements to win - what it needs is more support for elite scholars. China needs to increase its welfare and benefits for elite researchers who are likely to compete for a Nobel, he said. Overseas Chinese have been awarded Nobel prizes, but never a resident of the mainland, Hong Kong or Taiwan.
About 1, students attended. The lecture was part of a celebration of Jiao Tong's upcoming th anniversary next year. In a case of good chemistry, the renowned physicist married Weng Fan, a year-old graduate student at Shantou, Guangdong Province, last December. Speaking about essential qualities for a Nobel Prize winner, Yang said that China has three of the four key factors to win the world's top scientific award - bright young men and women, a cultural tradition of hard work and diligence, and a strong determination to succeed.
The only thing that Chinese scholars are missing is money - financial support, welfare benefits and time to devote to science. But reading a physics book for a month to prepare for the exam drew him to physics.
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