The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation is a fund for public beneficence registered in Hong Kong by the Heshanheng Fund Co., Ltd. and the Weilun fund Co., Ltd. with 100 million Hong Kong dollars each out of their enthusiasms for advocating sciences and for the rise of China on 30 March 1994. The mission is to promote the development of science and technology in China by awarding scientific workers for their extraordinary contributions to this country. A staff at the Institute receives this award for the first time.