CAS adds more diverse group of new academicians

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has added 64 Chinese nationals and 20 foreign experts, including three Nobel laureates, to the group of academicians it has awarded the nation's highest academic title. Scientists are awarded the lifelong honor once every two years.

Officials said there was more diversity in this year's selection.

The new academicians are expected to keep advancing scientific progress in their fields, train and promote quality young talent, provide constructive advice for science-related policies and projects and serve as a role model for academic integrity and honesty, Bai Chunli, CAS president, said in the certification ceremony on Friday in Beijing.