On December 8^th, a ceremony was held on NTHU campus to present an honorary doctoral degree to Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, President of Academia Sinica. Dr. Wong later took the podium and gave a speech on the topic of "Academic Research and Innovative Development" to share his views on the challenges a research team usually faced and the joy when they overcame it.

According to President Lih J. Chen, Dr. Wong was recommended for admission to NTHU's Department of Chemistry when he graduated from high school. Unfortunately his family wished him to study medicine and he missed the chance to become a member of NTHU. Thus, it is a joyous day for NTHU to present the honorary doctorate to Dr. Wong, and claim him as one of our own.

While being active and extremely busy as the President of Academia Sinica, Dr. Wong has also devoted a great deal of his effort to nurture the development of biotech industry, and to assist the government in planning and establishing the Biomedicine Research Park, as well as writing of "Bio-medicine Industry Development Regulations."

Dr. Wong expressed his pleasure to receive the honorary doctorate. He has always believed that NTHU is an exquisite and high quality institution, because the average of professors' research output and contribution is the highest in Taiwan and East Asia region, and he hopes to have many opportunities to cooperate with NTHU faculty in the future.

Dr. Chi-Huey Wong was born in Chiayi City. He became an Academician of Academia Sinica in 1994, and elected in 2002 to become an Academician of U.S. National Academy of Science. Then, he was appointed as the President of Academia Sinica in 2006, as well as NTHU's Distinguished Chair Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Wong is also the first scientist in the world to synthesize large amount of polysaccharide material (polysaccharides and sugar peptide) using enzyme technology. This method is currently used in industries to develop medications to treat heart disease, stroke and inflammatory disorder.