At the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 28,2003, Academician Jiang Xikui was awarded the first State Natural Science Prize by the State Council, a prize for which no one in China had been eligible for four consecutive years before 2003. When the news hit Hangzhou, the hometown of the academician, local media buzzed with reports and stories on him, his family background, and a lakeside garden named after his family.It is no accident that Jiang is a distinguished scientist. Born into a big family of scholars in Shanghai on September 5th, 1926, Jiang Xikui At the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 28, 2003, Academician Jiang Xikui awarded awarded the first State Natural Science Prize by the State Council, a prize for which no one in China had been eligible for four consecutive years before 2003. When the news hit Hangzhou, the hometown of the academician, local media buzzed with reports and stories on him, his family background, and a lakeside garden named after his family. It is no accident that Jiang is a distinguished scientist. Born into a big family of scholars in Shanghai on September 5th, 1926, Jiang Xikui