Tu Youyou makes a brilliant appearance

　　At about 15:00 local time on the 10th, Sweden has entered the long "dark night mode" of the Nordic winter, but the darkness and cold have not reduced the public's attention to the attendance of Chinese female pharmacologist Tu Youyou at the Nobel Prize award ceremony.

　　As in previous years, at about 16:30 local time, the Nobel Prize award ceremony officially kicked off with the singing of the Swedish royal music "King's Song". More than 1,300 people from the Swedish royal family, politicians and other people from all walks of life attended the award ceremony. But what is different from previous years is that this year Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This is the first time that a Chinese scientist has won the Nobel Prize in Science for scientific research conducted in China. It is the highest award so far won by the Chinese medical community and the highest award for traditional Chinese medicine achievements.

　　 Achievement

　　When introducing Tu Youyou's achievements in Swedish, a representative of the Nobel Prize Selection Committee said that every year, about 500,000 people die from malaria around the world, most of them children. Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou studied ancient Chinese books and pioneered the isolation of artemisinin from Chinese herbal medicine. This research result was subsequently applied to malaria treatment drugs, saving millions of lives and reducing malaria mortality by half in the past 15 years.

　　Take a seat

　　Eye-catching purple long skirt

　　Tu Youyou, wearing a bright purple long dress and a silver brooch full of Chinese classical charm, and others took their seats one by one on the podium decorated with 20,000 flowers. Among the majority of Nobel laureates wearing black tuxedos, Tu Youyou stood out. Despite a tiring journey after arriving in Sweden on the 4th, and having participated in a series of Nobel Week activities such as press conferences and keynote speeches in recent days, the 84-year-old Tu Youyou still looks in good spirits.

　　Xiuxiu Nobel Medal

　　Tu Youyou won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her pioneering work in isolating artemisinin from Chinese herbal medicine for malaria treatment. This is the first time that a Chinese scientist has won the Nobel Prize in Science for scientific research conducted in China. It is the highest award so far received by the Chinese medical community and the highest award for traditional Chinese medicine achievements.

　　Ernberg, director of the Cancer Research Center at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said that Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou is the one everyone expects, and this year's results also show the importance of traditional Chinese medicine research to today's human health.

　　dinner

　　Elderly couple dining at the same table

　　As is customary, after the award ceremony, the owners attend a dinner at Stockholm City Hall. In order to take care of Tu Youyou's health, the Nobel organizing committee adjusted the order of the dinner. Tu Youyou will not sit at the main table with the King of Sweden, but will be seated at table 10. The person sitting next to her and responsible for taking care of her is her husband Li Tingzhao.