Yunnan University’s Scientific Research Achievements: a Brief Introduction

Ever since its foundation, Yunnan University has been committed to “ gaining profound knowledge, producing specialized talents and disseminating justice and truth.” Apart from solid academic studies, its faculties and research

fellows have been keen on the combination of theories and application. Many research programs have been launched with consideration of the conditions of Yunnan Province. In mathematics, Dr. Xiong Qinglai’s treatise On Integral Function and Infinite Meromorphic Function has been recognized by the international mathematical circle, and hence the proper term Xiong’s Infinite Series. It was in Yunnan University that Dr. Chen Xingshen started his study in Affinity in Space. Dr. Peng Xingwu pioneered the research in atomic nuclear theory in physics in 1950’s. In the 1980’s Yunnan University took the lead in the successful development of the electron microscope, the dual mode traveling wave tube for hot plasma, and the first three-meta and- dimensional computer-processing program for Chinese characters in China.

Quite a number of achievements have been made in such fields as high energy cosmic ray and astrophysics. What with the rich natural and ecological resources in Yunnan, and with close observations of many meteorological phenomena, earthquake and ozone, a noticeable amount of research has been done in biology and geoscience, and valuable information has been accumulated.

Recent years have seen the scientific and technological research work in Yunnan University enter into a new phase. 117 projects have been approved to be launched ever since 1980’s when the National Foundation for Natural Sciences was founded, accounting for 21% of the total for Yunnan Province. Yunan University has “the lion’s share” of the grants from the Basuc Applied Research Foundation in Yunnan Province. And it ranks 60 in terms of its number of treatises printed in SCI ranks 60^th , reflecting its research level in basic science. According to the 1998 statistics provided by the Information Abstracts Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the average research power of Yunnan University in fundamental sciences came up to the 83^rd place in China, with mathematics taking the 29^th position, chemistry the 37^th, engineering the 71^st, geoscience the 76^th, agricultural science the 99^th. 1,080 projects were accomplished in Yunnan University from 1995 through 1999. The ones that are of great significance include: 7 projects sponsored by the National Social Science Foundation, 13 by the Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of the Ministry of Education of the State, 5 through the cooperation with other universities in Yunnan, and 12 other important projects.

Yunnan University, with relentless efforts, has obtained a great number of important theories and practical achievements in scientific research. From 1995 to 1999, 2,120 academic papers and 82 theses have been published, out of which 74 items have won awards, and 14 items have been marketed.

In high-tech, Yunda(namely, Yunnan University)High-tech Corporation, which boasts the largest research center in the world for the study of rapin and lactone substances, has been listed in the stock market. Changxiao120(literarily enduring effect 120), an up-to-date product, has been successfully developed. After five years’ hard work, Yunda High-tech has become the first in China that has mastered the McAB( monoclonal anti-bodies) contraception test skill. It has joined hands with Jinshili group of Hong Kong in assembling a production line which will be the largest and most advanced in China. A special fund has been granted by the National Committee for the high-tech promotion program of the development of an environment-friendly pesticide. An area of 40,000 mu in both northern and southern China has been dedicated to the experiment with bio-antiseptics for plants; the annual output of these products will be about 1,000 metric tons.