USA-Fields Medal/Chinese Mathematicians
USA-Fields Medal/Chinese Mathematicians
Dateline : July 23, 2026
Location : United States
Duration : 0'57
Philadelphia, USA - July 23, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of opening ceremony of 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in progress
2. Various of Chinese mathematician Deng Yu being awarded Fields Medal
3. Various of Chinese mathematician Wang Hong being awarded Fields Medal
4. Fields Medalists having group photos taken on stage
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Hong, Fields medalist:
"I feel very honored to be the third woman to receive this award. I hope everyone will have the courage to bravely do what they love."
6. Deng speaking
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Deng Yu, Fields medalist:
"I think this is very good news for China, and I am personally very happy. I hope that more things like this will happen in the future."
8. Fields Medalists, event officials having group photos taken on stage
Chinese mathematicians Deng Yu and Wang Hong were awarded the Fields Medals at the opening ceremony of the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians held in the U.S. city Philadelphia on Thursday, marking the first time Chinese mathematicians have won the prestigious honor.
Deng was honored with the medal for his significant contributions to partial differential equations, while Wang received the same distinction for her groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis and geometric measure theory, and also becoming the third woman in history to earn this award.
"I feel very honored to be the third woman to receive this award. I hope everyone will have the courage to bravely do what they love," said Wang.
"I think this is very good news for China, and I am personally very happy. I hope that more things like this will happen in the future," said Deng.
Deng first studied at Peking University before transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. Wang got her bachelor's at Peking University, a master's degree from Paris-Saclay University and a Ph.D. from the MIT.
Deng is a professor at the University of Chicago. Wang is a professor at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques in France and the Courant Institute at New York University.
American mathematician John Pardon and Canadian mathematician Jacob Tsimerman were also awarded the Fields Medal on the same day.
The Fields Medal is a top international mathematics prize awarded every four years to two to four young researchers in recognition of their outstanding mathematical achievements in existing work and their promise of future achievement.
ID : 8490958
Published : 2026-07-24 09:00
Last Modified : 2026-07-24 16:12:47
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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