In order to encourage more talented people to contribute to the Knowledge Innovation Program, the Ministry of Personnel(MOP) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) made a decision to award some of its staff the honorary tile of “CAS Model Worker” for their outstanding contributions. Prof. Liu Hongmao, former director of XTBG, was awarded this honor.

    Prof. Liu Hongmao has long committed himself to the studies on the tropical plant diversity conservation and sustainable development. He has also made a combination of ethnic culture and biodiversity conservation so as to carry out innovative research. So far, he has accomplished more than 10 research projects and published 40 research papers both at home and abroad, and edited 5 publications. He has also received many awards at national, ministerial and provincial levels.