摘要
1 Engineering science and technology have become a major drive for China’s economic and social development In the hall of the Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE),there is a couplet collectively created by members of the CAE,which describes the engineering technology developments in both ancient and modern China.The first line describes Chinese achievements of engineering technologies in ancient times,which reads:Tracing back the five-thousandyear Chinese history,countless engineering achievements shine through the course,including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China,the Nine
1 Engineering science and technology have become a major drive for China＇s economic and social development
In the hall of the Chinese Academy of Engineering （CAE）, there is a couplet collectively created by members of the CAE, which describes the engineering technology developments in both ancient and modem China. The first line describes Chinese achievements of engineering technologies in ancient times, which reads： Tracing back the five-thousand- year Chinese history, countless engineering achievements shine through the course, including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China, the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, Exploitation of the Works of Nature, Shennong＇ s researches and trying of hundreds of herbs, building arch bridges, excavating canals, clearing oozes and constructing dams, and building the Great Wall, extraordinary and unparalleled feats indeed!
