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.

 

中国科学家屠呦呦，2015年因发现青蒿素获诺贝尔奖，被提名共和国勋章。

 

A selection of candidates for the national medal and honorary title will be held for the first time in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

 

Tu, born in 1930, has been dedicated¹ to medical research with an aim to find a cure for malaria² and saved the lives of millions. She is also the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel Prize.

 

The Medal of the Republic is the country's highest honor for prominent figures who have made great contributions to the construction and the development of the PRC.

 

Together with Tu, seven other role models, 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 and was twice awarded the title of "Combat Hero," and Yuan Longping, Chinese agricultural expert who is also called the "father of hybrid³ rice," are nominated for the Medal of the Republic as well.

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