9月30日，中国政府友谊奖颁奖典礼在人民大会堂隆重举行。中共中央政治局委员、国务院副总理刘鹤向2020、2021年度获奖外国专家颁奖。北京科技大学冶金与生态工程学院Alberto Conejo（阿尔伯托）教授喜获殊荣，受邀出席颁奖仪式。
典礼结束后，中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理李克强在人民大会堂会见2020和2021年度中国政府友谊奖获奖外国专家。
会见后，在场外国专家应李克强邀请出席了庆祝中华人民共和国成立72周年招待会。国务院副总理韩正、刘鹤，国务委员兼外交部长王毅参加会见。
合影留念
中国政府友谊奖，是中国政府为表彰在中国现代化建设和改革开放事业中作出突出贡献的外国专家而设立的最高荣誉奖项，用以感谢和表彰外国专家在我国社会发展和经济、技术、教育、文化等建设事业以及人才培养中所作出的突出成绩和奉献精神。Alberto Conejo教授是我校第3位获此殊荣的外籍专家，在全球冶金领域以其精深的专业素养与卓越的科研成果享有较高知名度。
Alberto Conejo
2021年2月2日，Alberto Conejo教授受邀代表北京科技大学出席在华工作的外国专家座谈会，并受到李克强总理接见。同年7月1日，Alberto Conejo教授受邀参加了庆祝中国共产党成立100周年大会，见证了这一伟大的历史时刻。
我校第一位中国政府友谊奖获得者——Reiner Kopp（雷纳·考普）教授，1980年被聘为我校名誉教授。1987-1990年任亚琛工业大学常务副校长。1998-2000任马普钢铁所 (MPI) 董事会主席。2001-2002任德国材料技术协会（DGM）副主席。2002年，任德国科学与人文科学院联盟董事会第三负责人。2006年，任欧洲应用科学与工程理事会副主席，同时任联合国及联合国教科文组织在德国的科学技术大使。Kopp教授与我校始终保持丰硕的合作关系，为德国亚琛工业大学与我校的长期合作架起了友谊的桥梁。在Kopp教授的无私帮助与鼎力支持下，我校建立了国内在金属材料加工专业的第一个计算机辅助工程（Computer Aided Engineering, CAE）研究室。因与我校在塑性加工的计算机模拟与优化领域合作研究的杰出成就与卓越贡献，Kopp教授1999年被授予北京市“长城友谊奖”，2000年被授予“中国政府友谊奖”。
我校第二位中国政府友谊奖获得者——Chain-Tsuan Liu（刘锦川）教授，2005年被聘为我校名誉教授。现任香港城市大学杰出教授、美国工程院院士、中国工程院外籍院士、欧洲科学院院士。曾任美国橡树岭国家实验室合金行为与设计部门主任、田纳西大学材料科学与工程系教授。1985年荣获美国能源部能源技术重大影响奖；1988年荣获美国能源部“劳伦斯奖—美国总统奖”。2008年获得国家科学技术奖励工作办公室颁发的中国国际科学技术合作奖。作为国际材料界具有重要影响的杰出科学家，他长期与我校新金属材料国家重点实验室陈国良院士和吕昭平教授等人带领的学术团队合作，为我校培养了一批优秀人才并取得大量创新成果。2006年荣获“中国政府友谊奖”。(来源：北京科技大学)
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Professor Alberto Conejo from University of Science and Technology Beijing received the 2021 Chinese Government Friendship Award
On September 30, the award ceremony of the Chinese Government Friendship Award was held in the Great Hall of the People. Vice Premier of the State Council Liu He presented the award to the foreign experts who won the award in 2020 and 2021. Professor Alberto Conejo (Alberto) from the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering of University of Science and Technology Beijing was honored and invited to attend the award ceremony.
After the ceremony, Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, met with the foreign experts who received the Chinese Government Friendship Award for 2020 and 2021 at the Great Hall of the People.
The Chinese Government Friendship Award is the highest honorary award established by the Chinese government to recognize foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to China’s modernization and reform and opening-up, in appreciation and recognition of their outstanding achievements and dedication in China’s social development and economic, technological, educational, cultural and other construction undertakings, as well as talent training. He is the third foreign expert to receive this award at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and enjoys a high reputation for his profound professionalism and outstanding scientific achievements in the field of metallurgy worldwide.
Professor Alberto Conejo is an internationally renowned expert in metallurgical engineering, who has long been engaged in close academic exchanges and scientific cooperation with the University, and was appointed as a full professor in the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering in 2018. He is also dedicated to undergraduate and graduate education in metallurgy, and is training a number of excellent students with global vision for our university, and has trained many professional talents in the field of metallurgical engineering in China.
Professor Alberto has developed a series of low-carbon technologies, such as hydrogen reduction technology and new process optimization technology for short-flow steel production, in cooperation with our new iron-making technology team, and his research results have gained wide attention from domestic and foreign enterprises and universities. His long-term research on the short process of electric arc furnace is expected to reduce the CO2 emission of steel industry by more than 50%, which has significantly improved the international competitiveness of our university in the field of “carbon neutral” technology research, and also actively contributed to the signing of the first strategic cooperation agreement between POSCO and our university in China.
Professor Alberto has cultivated many outstanding talents in the field of metallurgical engineering, and his academic achievements and contributions have promoted the cooperation between the University and other high-level universities in the world, including RWTH Aachen University in Germany, and enhanced the internationalization of metallurgical disciplines in the University.
Background
Prof. Reiner Kopp, the first recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award from USTB, was appointed as Honorary Professor in 1980 and was Executive Vice President of RWTH Aachen University from 1987 to 1990. From 2001 to 2002, he was Vice President of the German Materials Technology Association (DGM), and in 2002, he was the Third Head of the Board of the German Union of Academies of Sciences and Humanities. He has built a bridge of friendship between RWTH Aachen University and our university. With the help and support of Prof. Kopp, we have established the first Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) laboratory in China in the field of metal processing. Professor Kopp was awarded the Great Wall Friendship Award by Beijing in 1999 and the Chinese Government Friendship Award in 2000 for his outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of computer simulation and optimization of plastic processing.
USTB’s second recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, Professor Chain-Tsuan Liu, was appointed as an Honorary Professor in 2005. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of City University of Hong Kong, a member of the American Academy of Engineering, a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a member of the European Academy of Sciences. He was the Director of the Division of Alloy Behavior and Design at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, USA. In 2008, he received the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award from the National Science and Technology Award Office. In 2006, he received the “Chinese Government Friendship Award”.
