屠呦呦入选“共和国勋章”建议名单

Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin, has been nominated for China's Medal of the Republic.

因发现青蒿素而获得2015年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的我国科学家屠呦呦入选“共和国勋章”建议名单。

Besides Tu, seven other role models have been nominated for the honor, including Zhang Fuqing, a 94-year-old war hero who served as a soldier in the Chinese People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War (1946-49) and was twice awarded the title of "Combat Hero", and Yuan Longping, a Chinese agricultural expert who is also called the "father of hybrid rice".

除屠呦呦以外，入选“共和国勋章”建议名单的还有94岁的张富清以及我国农业专家、“杂交水稻之父”袁隆平等七人。张富清在解放战争的枪林弹雨中多次荣立战功，荣获“战斗英雄”称号两次。

Another 28 figures have been nominated for a national honorary title.

另有28人入选国家荣誉称号建议人选。

Among the candidates are Nan Rendong, the founding scientist of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST); Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and Cheng Kaijia, a nuclear weapons expert who participated in experiments of the country's first atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and the combination of the two bombs.

其中包括500米口径球面射电望远镜(FAST)工程概念提出者南仁东，香港特别行政区首位行政长官董建华，以及我国核武器事业的开拓者、参与和主持首次原子弹、氢弹试验，以及“两弹”结合飞行试验的核武器专家程开甲。