In 2003, qi zhou returned from studying in France and was employed as an overseas policy expert of the Ministry of Science and Technology. In the field of animal embryo development and somatic cell cloning, he created a "one-step method" of nuclear transfer, proved the repeatability of mouse cloning and obtained a patent; Somatic cloned rats were successfully obtained for the first time in 2003 and ferrets were successfully cloned for the first time in 2004. The research papers were published in journals such as Science, and were highly praised by Nature and Science. The tetraploid compensation experiment of induced stem cells (iPS cells) was successfully carried out, which proved the totipotency of iPS cells for the first time in the world. This research result was published in the journal Nature, which attracted great attention from colleagues at home and abroad. More than 3,000 media such as Nature, Science and The Times spoke highly of this "milestone" work. The iPS mouse, which is considered to be cultivated, "smiled", declared the victory of the iPS revolution and took over the torch lit by Dolly the Sheep. This research was selected by Time magazine as one of the top ten medical breakthroughs in 2009. His series of breakthrough works have been published in many authoritative scientific journals such as Nature, Scientific, MCP and Development. And won a number of domestic and foreign science and technology awards, and won many praises from the scientific and technological community.

Acceptance speech:

The birth of an iPS mouse named Xiaoxiao declared the victory of a revolution, and at the same time, it continued the legend of Dolly the cloned sheep with the wisdom of China people. He created a miracle of cloning animals, and even created a miracle of scientific research-qi zhou, Institute of Zoology.