In the following time, Pang Xuelin began to devote his main energy to the research and development of lithium-air batteries.

However, his main job is to coordinate the development of the entire project, and only when a group encounters difficulties in research, will he intervene in specific matters.

In this way, it once again made He Wenyan, Qiu Qiwei, and Xu Ting realize that Pang Xuelin was extraordinary.

Because no matter what problems the project team encounters, if it is fast, it will take one or two days, or if it is slow, it will take three or five days, and Pang Xuelin will always find a solution.

It's kind of weird.

You know, the problems they encounter are often not chemical theory or mathematical problems, but engineering design problems.

Solving these problems often requires some ingenuity.

But Pang Xuelin seems to be born to know, and he can always find a solution.

In this way, in addition to lamenting Professor Pang's amazing talent, everyone can only envy.

is the only Ye Xingmin, who thinks that everyone is rare and strange.

He had long been accustomed to Professor Pang's operation.

Before you know it, it's December.

At present, the publicity period for new academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ended, and Pang Xuelin has officially changed from Professor Pang to Academician Pang.

After New Year's Day, Pang Xuelin had to go to Beijing to attend the meeting of all academicians of the Department of Mathematical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In the afternoon of this day, Pang Xuelin had just come out of the laboratory of the School of Chemical Engineering when he received a call from Xu Xincheng, president of Jiang University.

"Academician Pang, where are you now?"

"I just came out of the lab, what's wrong?"

"Then you hurry up and come to my office, I have something important to look for you."

Pang Xuelin was slightly stunned, Xu Xincheng's tone was very formal, and he rarely used this tone to talk to himself.

Pang Xuelin hurriedly said: "Okay, then I'll go over right now." ”

Fifteen minutes later, Pang Xuelin appeared in Xu Xincheng's office.

In the office, in addition to Xu Xincheng, there is also a middle-aged man who looks like an official, in his fifties, with a bald head in the middle, wearing glasses, and looking vaguely scholarly.

Xu Xincheng smiled and said: "Academician Pang, let me introduce to you, this is Vice Minister Lu Wenlin of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Lu Bu, this is Academician Pang Xuelin of our school." ”

"Academician Pang, hello, I really admired my name for a long time, and I finally saw you today!"

"Minister Lu, hello!"

Pang Xuelin shook hands with Lu Wenlin and smiled.

Lu Wenlin said with a straight face: "Professor Pang, I came here this time to inform you of one thing. ”

"What's the matter?"

Pang Xuelin was slightly stunned.

Lu Wenlin said with a smile: "Professor Pang, this year's National Highest Science and Technology Award has been released, and you are the only winner of the 2020 National Highest Science and Technology Award. ”

After that, Lu Wenlin took out an invitation letter from his briefcase, held it with both hands, and handed it to Pang Xuelin.

Pang Xuelin was slightly stunned, took the invitation, opened it, and wrote:

Dear Academician Pang Xuelin,

The 2020 National Science Awards Conference will be held in Beijing on January 5, 2021, and we sincerely invite you to attend this conference.

1. Meeting time: 10:00-11:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 5, 2021

2. Venue: RM Assembly Hall

3. Notes: You can use this letter to check in to the Capital Hotel and enter the RM City Hall

Please attend at that time.

Contact: Shi Wei Tel: ******

He Lan Tel: ******

Email:*******

Below the invitation letter, there is also the seal of the General Office of the State Council.

Pang Xuelin nodded with a smile and said, "Minister Lu, thank you, I will definitely participate at that time." ”

In fact, Pang Xuelin didn't expect that this year's National Highest Science and Technology Award was really awarded to him, and he was the only candidate.

You must know that at the end of last year, although Academician Tan Hao had come to Jiangda and told Pang Xuelin that he had become one of the candidates for the 2020 National Highest Science and Technology Award.

But what Pang Xuelin thought at the time was that it was unlikely that 2020 would be possible, but it would be his turn in a few years.

Especially the turmoil that I caused in the field of lithium-air batteries not long ago, unless I can really make a real lithium-air battery in half a year, I will only cause controversy if I give myself an award at this node.

It's just that Pang Xuelin didn't expect that the country would choose to support itself in this situation.

Lu Wenlin may have seen the thoughts in Pang Xuelin's heart, and said with a smile: "By the way, Professor Pang, I heard that you are preparing to engage in lithium-air batteries, how is the project progressing now?" ”

Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said: "Everything is going well, and we should be able to make a prototype battery product with an acceptable price within half a year." ”

Lu Wenlin's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "Is it convenient for me to visit?" ”

"Absolutely."

For the next few days, Lu Wenlin stayed at Jiangcheng University.

Most of the time, he spent most of his time in three experimental groups with Pang Xuelin to understand the overall technical route, design scheme and overall progress of lithium-air batteries.

Only then did Pang Xuelin know that this Vice Minister Lu was actually an expert in the field of electrochemistry, who graduated from the Technical University of Munich in his early years and once served as the president of NTU.

It was only five years ago that he retired from academia and went to work in the Ministry of Science and Technology.

But even so, most of his work is with academics.

It was not until three days later, when he had a deeper understanding of the entire lithium-air battery project, that Lu Wenlin left Jiangda and returned to Beijing.

Before leaving, Lu Wenlin asked Pang Xuelin to prepare, and after the National Highest Science and Technology Award Ceremony half a month later, there should be heavyweights who want to see him.

Pang Xuelin was not surprised by this.

He knew very well in his heart that Lu Wenlin came to Jiangda this time, how could he just send an invitation to himself.

His real target is probably the legendary lithium-air battery.

In the past two years, the Sino-US trade war has been in full swing, one is the old superpower, which is a well-deserved hegemon in all fields, and the other is an emerging superpower with the potential to replace the United States.

It can be said that in recent years, China and the United States have carried out all-round collisions in the economic, scientific, technological, political, military, and other fields.

China as a whole is still slightly at a disadvantage.

But the lithium-air battery is precisely a strategic product that can overturn the advantages of the United States and even completely change the global pattern.

Once Pang Xuelin succeeds in getting it out, then both the future of China and the history of mankind will undergo major changes.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the high-level sent the vice minister of science and technology to find out.

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