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1998, the Kn i ght Commander's Cross of the Or der of Me r it of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2000, and the Werner Heisenberg Me d al f r om the A l exander v on H umb o l dt Founda t i on i n 2001. The technical projects developed by Prof. L u have had tremendous impact on national efforts to promote studies in mechanical engineering, and he had been honoured w i t h the National Invention Prize, Second and Third Divisions, in 1988 and 1989, a n d a s p e c i al a w a r d f o r s u p e r l a t i ve achievement f r om the Gu a n g h ua Science Foundation in 1993. Prof. Lu was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa, by the Ho ng Kong University of Science and Technology in 1995 and an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering by C i ty Un i ve r s i ty of H o ng Kong in 1997, an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Melbourne, Australia i n 2003, and an Honorary Member of Senate , TU Berlin, Germany in 2003. Wh i le at the forefront of scientific and engineering research, Prof. L u has spared no effort i n p r omo t i ng higher education and in serving the country. I n 1990 he was elected a F e l l ow of the T h i r d Wo r l d A c a d emy of Sciences, and he has been a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1991. He was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1993. Furthermore, he was vice-president of the China Association for Science and Technology from 1986 to 1996, the chairman of the Higher Education Consultative Committee of the State Education Commission from 1990 to 1994, and a delegate to the Sixth and the Tenth National People's Congress. He has been president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the executive chairman of its p r es i d i um since July 1997. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, vice-chairman of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, vice-chairman of the Ch i na Ov e r s eas F r i e n d s h ip A s s o c i a t i o n, a nd p r e s i d e nt of t he Ch i n e se M e c h a n i c al Engineering Society. He also holds visiting or honorary professorships at several universities, i n c l u d i ng Zh e j i a ng Un i v e r s i t y, Tsinghua University and the University of Hong Kong. Prof. Lu's association w i t h The Chinese University dates f r om 1995, when he gave a keynote speech at the Hong Kong Science Park Symposium hosted by the University. In 1997, i n his capacity as president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he lent his support to the establishment of the first Joint Laboratory of G e o i n f o r ma t i on Science at The Chinese University, a collaborative effort between the academy and the University, and officiated at its opening. In 1998 he supported The Chinese Un i v e r s i ty i n hos t i ng the 107th Xiangshan Scientific S ymp o s i um on Telescience and Robotics and, in 2000, under the leadership of Prof. Lu, the academy entered into an agreement for the establishment of the Shanghai- Ho ng Kong-Anson Research Foundation for The Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong in Molecular Biosciences. Despite his exalted po s i t i on and busy schedule, Prof. Lu has always been supportive of deve l opmen ts i n h i gher educa t i on and science and technology i n H o n g Kong. He ma de s u b s t a n t i al c o n t r i b u t i o ns to the education here through his membership on the Un i ve r s i ty Grants Committee f r om 1996 to 2002. In 1998 and 1999 he was a member of the Chief Executive's Commission on Innovation and Technology and, since 2000, he has been a special adviser to the Ad v i s o ry Commission on I nnova t i on and Technology of the H o ng Kong SAR. M r . Cha i rman, i n consideration of his outstanding achievements in the study of fluid p ower t r an sm i s s i on and control, and his excellent wo rk in the development of scientific research and higher education in China, may I present Prof. Lu Yongxiang for the award of the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa. (A translation ofthecitation written by Prof. SerenaJin) Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 2003 60