(JW Insights) Aug 18 -- China's superconductivity research is at the forefront of the world, said academician Zhao Zhongxian, one of the laureates of the 2023 Future Science Prize, remarked on August 16 in a press interview with ifeng.com.

Zhao, the director of the National Laboratory for Superconductivity, is a physicist with over four decades of experience in superconductor research.

Zhao said, "Currently, China has strengths and shortcomings (in the superconductor field). Its strengths are being boosted, and shortcomings are being resolved. I am very confident that China's superconductor will play a leading role in the world in the future."

Although due to the cost of materials, mechanical properties, and more, there is still a process before applying high-temperature superconductors, it still has a promising prospect, said Zhao.

Regarding the Future Science Prize award, he said, "For me and other scientists, the award is a greater honor and confirms the contributions of international colleagues to the work of superconductivity. The non-governmental award is a way to promote scientific progress."

The Future Science Prize announced the laureates of 2023 on August 16. It is a privately funded science prize initiated in 2016 by a group of scientists and entrepreneurs. It is established to reward scientists who have made outstanding scientific achievements in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan, encouraging more private funds to promote basic science research in China, according to its website.