(XINHUA)

Wang Zhongcheng, China's distinguished neurosurgery expert, has been selected as one of the 50 outstanding members of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Wang, 86, is now director of the Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. As the pioneer of Chinese neurosurgery, he initiated the examination of cerebral angiography in the 1950s, making great improvements to diagnostic techniques in neurosurgery. In the 1980s, he took the lead in clinical and basic research on brain stem tumors and then in the therapy of intramedullary tumor, both advanced global achievements.

Wang had been honored with countless national and international awards for his outstanding contributions to the rapid development of neurosurgery in China. He was awarded the top State Science and Technology Award in 2008.