On February 27, 2007 (January 10, 2007 lunar calendar), Chinese wheat breeding expert Li Zhensheng won the National Highest Science and Technology Award. Li Zhensheng On February 27, 2007, Li Zhensheng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, researcher of the Institute of Genetic Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and director of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, won the 2006 National Highest Science and Technology Award. Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairperson of the Central Military Commission, personally presented Li Zhensheng with the award certificate and warmly shook hands with him to express his congratulations. Li Zhensheng is mainly engaged in the research of wheat genetics and distant hybridization, and at the same time conducts research on agricultural development strategies. He pioneered a new field of distant hybridization of wheat and pinegrass and bred the "Xiaoyan" series of varieties. The "Xiaoyan No. 6" he bred has become an important backbone parent of wheat breeding in our country and one of the two main high-quality sources of wheat in the northern wheat area of our country. According to relevant regulations, the prize money of the highest national science and technology award is 5 million yuan, of which 4.50 million yuan is selected by the winner for scientific research funds, and 500,000 yuan belongs to the winner's personal income. Li Zhensheng has decided to donate all the 500,000 yuan personal prize won this time to the Institute of Genetic Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a "student fund" to help students become talents.