(CFP)

Pan Jiazheng, a prestigious hydrologist, was conferred with the Achievement Award at the Ninth Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Awards on June 13. The prize was given by the Chinese Academy of Engineering for honoring top experts in engineering science and technology.

Pan, 85, is one of the pioneers of China's water conservancy and hydropower science and technology. He has been responsible for the construction of several hydropower stations around the country. He is one of the major supporters of the Three Gorges Dam project and was the leader of the project's quality control panel.

He became an academician for the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980 and an academician as well as vice president of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994.