He took the lead in proposing that the karst depression in Guizhou Province be used as the venue for the telescope. It took 22 years from demonstration to site selection, and he presided over and solved a series of technical problems, which played a key role and made important contributions to the successful completion of the major scientific project of FAST. Regardless of his personal fame and fortune, he devoted himself to the front line of scientific research in obscurity for a long time. Through unremitting efforts with all engineering teams, he overcame many difficulties and realized China's dream of having a world-class telescope.
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He refused to pay more than 300 times the domestic salary from abroad, and firmly returned to China, becoming one of the leading figures in astronomy in China. He is South Ren Dong, and he has two famous sayings: It is impossible for a man to do something, which has also become a portrayal of his struggle life.
South China is a model of the times in the process of implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and building an innovative country, and an outstanding representative and shining model of scientific and technological workers in the new era. He is a master of vision. He struggled for the cause of science until the last moment of his life, and wrote a wonderful scientific life with the spirit of selfless dedication, which clearly reflected the feelings of caring for the motherland and serving the people, and the spirit of being the first, persevering, indifferent to fame and fortune and selfless dedication. It is worthy to be an example for the whole society to learn.
20 17165438+1October17 Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China publicly released the South's advanced deeds to the whole society and posthumously awarded him the honorary title of model of the times.