Mathematician Maxim Kontsevich expects Chinese to win Fields Medal

STORY: Mathematician Maxim Kontsevich expects Chinese to win Fields Medal DATELINE: July 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of International Congress of Basic Science 2. various of Maxim Kontsevich 3. SOUNDBITE (English) : MAXIM KONTSEVICH, Mathematician STORYLINE: Maxim Kontsevich, a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist, said he expected Chinese mathematicians to win the Fields Medal soon. Kontsevich told Xinhua at the ongoing International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) held in Beijing from July 16 to July 28. The Fields Medal is the "Nobel Prize" in mathematics. So far no one in China has won it. Kontsevich, a Fields Medalist himself, said that Chinese mathematicians have already shown their prominence in the world and will definitely win the Fields Medal in time. SOUNDBITE (English) : MAXIM KONTSEVICH, Mathematician "This Congress really shared between three subjects, mathematics, physics and information technology, w