Nobel winner: Turn kids into scientists

A Nobel Prize winner announced the establishment of a science kindergarten in Qingdao, Shandong province, to encourage more youngsters to become engineers and scientists.

"We need more engineers and scientists as the economy develops. To affect young people and convince them to become engineers and scientists, we need to start as early as possible," Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman, the 2011 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, said on Saturday.

The kindergarten is believed to be the first of its kind in the city. The 77-year-old Shechtman is an advocate of early-stage education.