Biochemist among most influential Chinese

Biochemist among most influential Chinese

BY JADE BOYD
Rice News staff

Rice biochemist Jane Tao is one of only 25 people nominated for one of China’s most prestigious Top 10 lists, an annual list of the world’s most influential Chinese people. The list is compiled by a consortium of China’s leading media outlets, and the contest is sponsored by 11 of China’s leading TV networks and news organizations, including Phoenix Satellite Television, China News Service, Asia Newsweek and World Journal.

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Tao was among five scientists nominated for the 2006 list. Other nominees included athletes, movie stars and politicians. The final list will be based, in part, on Internet voting, which ended last Friday. Winners will be named at a ceremony sponsored by Phoenix TV at Beijing University March 31.

Tao and colleagues from the University of Texas