On October 18, the Award Ceremony for the 16th China Youth Science and Technology Award took place during the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 World Young Scientist Summit. A total of 100 sci-tech workers were awarded. Six awardees come from Peking University, and they are Professor Liu Ruochuan, Professor Xiao Yunfeng, Professor Song Lingyang, Professor Chen Xing, Professor Jiang Changtao, and Associate Professor Guo Shaojun.

The China Youth Science and Technology Award is a biennial award for young sci-tech workers across the country with the purpose of commending the distinguished accomplishments achieved by Chinese scientists and promoting the field of science in the nation.

Professor Lingyang Song received his Ph.D. degree from the University of York, U.K., in 2007, where he received the K. M. Stott Prize for excellent research. He worked as a research fellow with the University of Oslo, Norway, until rejoining Philips Research, U.K., in March 2008. In May 2009, he joined the Department of Electronics, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science at Peking University. He is currently a Boya distinguished professor. His main research interests include wireless communication and networks, signal processing, and machine learning.