“国家杰出青年科学基金”是1994年经国务院批准,旨在促进青年科学技术人才成长、鼓励海外学子回国工作、加速培养和造就一批跨世纪优秀学术带头人所采取的一项重要举措。实施两年来共有960人申请,130人获准资助,在科技界,尤其是广大青年科技工作者中引起了极大的关注和反响。李鹏总理等党和国家领导人亲切接见首批“国家杰出青年科学基金”获得者,极大地鼓舞了海内外优秀青年学者为祖国科技事业献身的热忱,同时也使我 The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars was approved by the State Council in 1994 to promote the growth of young scientists and technologists, encourage overseas students to return to their home countries, and accelerate the training and fostering of a group of outstanding academic leaders of the past century. A total of 960 applications were made in the past two years and 130 were approved for funding. It has drawn great attention and repercussions among the scientific and technological community, especially young scientists and technologists. Premier Li Peng and other party leaders met with the first batch of recipients of the “National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund”, which greatly encouraged the outstanding young scholars at home and abroad devoted themselves to the cause of science and technology in the motherland and also made me