Pioneering scientists honored with national top sci-tech award

Ben, born in 1938 in Changchun, Jilin province, is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at China Electronics Technology Group Co. He has dedicated his career to advancing China's radar systems, making great contributions to national defense.

Ben led the development of China's first ground-based, ultra-long-range phased-array early-warning radar and China's airborne pulsed Doppler fire-control radar — breakthroughs that underpinned the establishment of China's land, sea, air, and space-based early-warning and surveillance architecture.