On September 30, the awarding ceremony of 2019 Chinese Government Friendship Award was held in the Great Hall of the people. Keqiang LI, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, met with the award-winning experts and delivered an important speech. He LIU, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, presented awards and made a speech to foreign experts. Recommended by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), Professor Fuji REN, vice president of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) and academician of the Japanese Academy of engineering, won the award.

Fuji REN

Fuji REN, graduated from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) , doctor of engineering, national Hokkaido University of Japan, academician of Japanese Academy of engineering, academician of European Union Academy of Sciences, academician of Japanese Engineering Association, vice president of China artificial intelligence society, President of advanced intelligent machine Research Institute of Hefei University of technology, professor of Tokushima University, special expert of Haizhi program of Chinese Association

for science and technology, and "Yangtze River Scholar Award Program" of Ministry of Education Chair Professor, national special expert and winner of overseas outstanding young scholars fund.

Professor Fuji REN has been devoted to the research of "emotional computing", "advanced intelligent machine" and "artificial intelligence" for many years. He takes the advanced intelligent robot with emotion as the core application point, and presides over many research topics, such as the "863" project of the Ministry of science and technology, the key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the basic a project of scientific research fee, etc. His theory of "heart state transfer network" and "robot brain and heart" is in the leading position in the world. While carrying out a large number of cutting-edge researches, Professor Ren Fuji has trained more than 30 Chinese engineering doctors at home and abroad, trained a number of excellent scientific research talents in the field of emotional computing and emotional robot research, and made contributions to the development of China's artificial intelligence.

The Friendship Award of the Chinese government is the highest honorary award for foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to China's modernization construction. Since its establishment in 1991, the award has awarded foreign experts in science and technology, economy, education, culture, health and other fields for 28 consecutive years. In 2019, 100 foreign experts from 31 countries won the Chinese government Friendship Award.