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electroionization spectroscopy study ， and the device of 'ion hole spectroscopy' was developed. The result of this pioneering research project was published in 1986 to great acclaim both in China and abroad. To date, Prof. Zhang has received seven awards from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and four National Science Awards. Prof. Zhang is known all over the academic world for the many breakthroughs he has achieved. During a research career of some 40 years, he has published over 80 papers, of which many were published in leading international journals. His articles ‘Double Resonance Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics', published in Science in 1993 ， and 'Evidence for Quantum Interference in Collision-induced Intramolecular Energy Transfer within CO Singlet- Triplet Mixed States', published in the Journal of Chemical Physics in 1995, are particularly influential. Prof. Zhang holds important public offices on top of his research activities. He is the president of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In 1980 he was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and ， in 1981, he became a member of the Chemistry Panel of the Degree Committee under the State Council. Between 1984 and 1994 he was elected first as standing member, then as deputy director and finally as the director of the Chemistry Division and a member of the Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1992 he was made a fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences, and in 1993 a bureau member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Prof. Zhang is an adviser to the Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a standing council member of the Chinese Chemical Society, and has been at various times a part-time professor of Peking University, Nanjing University, Fudan University, the University of Science and Technology of China, and Zhejiang University. He is on the advisory editorial board of Chemical Physics Letters and Spectrochimica Acta, PtA, a nd sat o n the i n t e r n a t i o n al a d v i s o ry b o a rd o f Faraday Transactions, p u b l i s h ed u n d er the Journal of Chemical Studies i n B r i t a i n. By taking up positions of high responsibility in administration ， teaching, research, and publication, Prof. Zhang has shown outstanding talent and exceptional dedication. When asked what it was that contributed to his success as a scientist, Prof. Zhang pointed out the following qualities. First, he must not back away from difficulty, for scientific research is teeming with unexpected twists and turns. In order to resolve a problem encountered during the course of research, a scientist must be able to look it in the eye, and deal w i th it with determination and fortitude. Second, research is often dependent on inspiration, with self- discipline playing a complementary role. As in the case of literature and the arts, a research worker in pure science needs inspiration. However, scientific research is not a wild game of guessing either. Furthermore ， it has to be admitted that certain quantitative aspects of scientific research are insipid and dull, and success is available only to those who can pursue their projects to the bitter end with determination and tenacity. Third, the importance of team work can never be over-emphasized: scientific research is best carried out by small groups of like-minded people who can stimulate and encourage one another through difficulties which abound on the way. The fourth factor is the importance of team work, in which cooperativeness The 54th Congregation