On June 24, 2024, President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended a meeting conflating the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Award Conference, the 21st General Assembly of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the 17th General Assembly of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, presented medals and certificates for China’s top science and technology award to laureates and delivered an important speech. Prof. Fang Yu attended the conference.