Xinhua photos of the day

China's top science award winners Huang Xuhua (L), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief designer of the country's first-generation nuclear submarines, and Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), pose for a group photo at an annual ceremony to honor distinguished scientists, engineers and research achievements in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 10, 2020. The National Science and Technology Award Conference was held in Beijing on Friday. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)