Name: China's Fields Medal double: Shing-Tung Yau applauds breakthrough
Uploaded: 2026-07-24T15:07:27+08:00
Duration: 3 min 15 s
Description: For the first time since the prize was created in 1936, two Chinese nationals – Wang Hong and Deng Yu – are among the four laureates of the Fields Medal. The winners were announced at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia. In

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For the first time since the prize was created in 1936, two Chinese nationals – Wang Hong and Deng Yu – are among the four laureates of the Fields Medal. The winners were announced at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia.

In an interview with CGTN's Liu Jiaxin, Shing-Tung Yau, the first Chinese-born Fields Medalist, called the moment “extremely exciting,” praising their cross-disciplinary work and stressing that their homegrown success will encourage young Chinese students – especially girls. Yau also underscored China's unprecedented support for basic sciences and its growing role as a global hub for fundamental research.

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