Radmir Zagidullin Won Chinese Ambassador's Prize for Contribution to Science and Technology Development

As part of the celebration of China's National Science and Technology Workers' Day, the Chinese Ambassador's Prize award ceremony was held in Moscow. The prize was established to recognize outstanding scientists who have made significant contributions to the development of scientific and technological cooperation between China and Russia.

The competition received 152 applications from over a hundred scientific, technological, educational, and medical organizations. Following the selection process, 24 scientists were named laureates. Among them is Radmir Zagidullin, Ph.D., doctoral student, and senior lecturer at the Department of Aerospace Manufacturing and Quality Management in Mechanical Engineering.

The prize experts evaluated Radmir's work in the field of aerospace industry development. The young scientist is also a member of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists under the Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation and serves as a leading design engineer in the Operational Space Rocket Division of the Progress Rocket Space Center.

The award ceremony was attended by Andrey Aleksandrovich Fursenko, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, and Zhang Hanhui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Russia. They personally congratulated the laureates and emphasized the importance of strengthening bilateral cooperation in science and technology. Also attending the event was Sergey Petrovich Druka­renko, First Vice President of the International Union of Scientific and Engineering Associations, and Vice President and First Secretary of the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Public Associations. In his speech, he stressed that joint projects between Russian and Chinese scientists play a key role in addressing global challenges.

The reception was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Guests discussed prospects for further cooperation in areas such as artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and the application of aerospace information.

The laureates of the Chinese Ambassador's Prize visited leading scientific, educational, and industrial organizations of the People's Republic of China. For instance, in Hefei, Anhui Province, Radmir Zagidullin visited AIRSAT, a spacecraft manufacturing company.