He has made landmark contributions in particle physics, statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics. He won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, and together with Li Zhengdao, he put forward the theory of parity non-conservation and became one of the earliest Chinese Nobel Prize winners.
Rumford prize 1980, national science medal award 1986, Benjamin Franklin medal 1993, Bauer prize 1994, bogoliubov prize 1996, Onsager prize1996.
2019 202065438+February 18, "Top 500 Brand Figures in China in 2020" was released, and Yang Zhenning ranked 49th. On May/May14th, 2002, Yang Zhenning signed a donation agreement in Tsinghua University and unveiled the "Yang Zhenning Reference Room".