Nobel Prize winners
from China.

Born in Shanghai, China. Recognized “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication”.

• 2009Physics

Born in Hofei, Anhwei, China. Recognized “for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”.

• 1957Physics

Born in Henan, China. Recognized “for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations”.

• 1998Physics

Born in Shanghai, China. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism”.

• 1992Medicine

Born in Changchun, China. Recognized “for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”.

• 2010Chemistry

Born in Ganzhou, China. Recognized “for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama”.

• 2000Literature

Born in Changchun, China. Recognized “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”.

• 2010Peace

Born in Gaomi, China. Recognized “who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary”.

• 2012Literature

Born in Taktser, China. Recognized “for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people”.

• 1989Peace

Born in Shanghai, China. Recognized “for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”.

• 1957Physics

Born in Zhejiang Ningbo, China. Recognized “for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria”.

• 2015Medicine

Born in Amoy, China. Recognized “for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect”.

• 1956Physics