Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong (C, front) poses for a group photo with award winners and other participants at the National Science and Technology Award Conference in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 8, 2018. Liu Yandong met with the seven scientists from the United States, Britain, Uzbekistan and Sweden who have won the International Science and Technology Cooperation Awards and presented the medals to them. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)