Cheng Kaijia, nuclear physicist, born August 1918, died November 2018

Cheng, winner of the Two Bombs, One Satellite Achievement Medal, is one of the pioneers of China's nuclear weapons development and a co-founder of the nation's nuclear test system. He participated in a number of nuclear tests, including the first atomic and hydrogen bomb tests in the country.

Fan Jinshi, archaeologist, born July 1938

Fan Jinshi is an archaeologist who has devoted herself to research and study in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. She is an explorer and a guardian of Dunhuang's cultural relics. Based in the desert regions, she established a chronological catalog of the Mogao Caves, which facilitated the scientific protection of the ancient formations. She was honored as a National Excellent Communist Party Member and rated as a national advanced worker.